January 11, 2008
Hey You! Get Your Damn Cars Off Of The Sidewalk!
Official City and County of San Francisco vehicles alighting on a sidewalk
We're giving equal time to cars after our recent bit on bicycles.
Of course there's all sorts of different kinds of sidewalk parking. You can park on a sidewalk leaving plenty of space for peds to get by, or you can park in front of your house halfway in your driveway, or you can leave two wheels on the street. But it doesn't really matter because you can get a ticket for doing any of these. Remember, the era of parking tickets as low as $25 are long gone.
If you're a "born and raised in San Francisco" type and you remember the good old days, then getting a ticket might really get your goat. ("We are F O R C E D to park in our driveways!!! Only to receive a $50 parking ticket for doing so." Indeed.)
Sidewalk parking certainly can add to pedestrian danger." Let's be considerate out there, people!
The rule continues to be: not seen = not cited. So you might need to be a snitch if you want to fix things. Just call (415) 553-1200. (This number also works for other offenses as well, like when you spot a "typical Audi - silver, spotless, arrogant" in your space or something.) Drivers, please try to stay off of those sidewalks.
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Well, I hope you snitched!
Though since these seem to be city cars who would end up paying the tickets? The taxpayers?
Nevermind.
IMO, these cars wouldn't really be snitchable as they weren't really in the way.
If you pulled something like this in Pac Heights however, a millionare walking his/her dog at midnight would whip out the cell phone and speed dial the DPT right quick.
Thankfully DPT... err... MTA is right on the case:
http://www.sfmta.com/cms/uploadedfiles/dpt/sidewalk%20notice.pdf
I love how the FORCED TO PARK ON OUR SIDEWALKS guy has "Namaste" on the top of his personal page. Apparently he hasn't figured out the true path to enlightenment starts by SELLING YOUR #$&^Q#$^% CAR
Calling 553-1200 to report illegal parking is not snitching. It's problem solving. It's raising some additional money for the city. As a car-free San Franciscan, it's fun. Call away.
If only there was a reliable alternative transportation. Like a train or a bus or something. Oh well, I'll keep dreaming.
People have odd ideas about parking in SF. I have a fairly narrow driveway with just a very little bit of red on each side of it, yet people are always parked not only well into the red but also into the driveway itself. I usually don't call DPT unless the front tire is in the red, but that usually happens at least once a week. I get less worked up over parking on sidewalks, provided that people leave plenty of room to get by (2 or 3 feet doesn't cut it).
parking on the sidewalk fine is not $50, but $100. That's a pretty steep one.
Looks like those cars need to get handled in the same manner that hobo handled Newsom's car.
Please read carefully, that's "Born-N-Raised" in San Francisco.
If you are F O R C E D to park in your driveway, why not look to see what's at the end of it. Is that... could it be... a garage?