tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274513.post5797683541005181217..comments2024-03-17T00:59:07.795-07:00Comments on The Red Electric: Busted and PerplexedRick Seiferthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11249323390100558270noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274513.post-29490141618592356112008-06-25T20:37:00.000-07:002008-06-25T20:37:00.000-07:00What I'm trying to say is that the scooter has the...What I'm trying to say is that the scooter has the same rights and responsibilities as a vehicle. On the road or in a parking space, you occupy the same "time and space" unto yourself. Try parking on the sidewalk out of the way. See if they ticket you there? But as long as you park in a designated space, they will expect you to pay. I'm with you and I wish it weren't so, but don't count on them sending you anything back.<BR/><BR/>As for the sticker on the scooter; this is Portland, home of the honor system and good folk. Who would steal it? I guess you just have to take your chances and keep your copy of the receipt to fight in court when you do get the ticket.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, my point about double dipping is that in the old days if the meter still had time the next driver got to use it. With these machines, if you leave with 20 minutes left, the next driver pays for the same 20 minutes because they don't have the luxury of adding to your paid 20, thus the city collects double income for the same 20 minutes. The machines are set up to collect per driver, not per time allotment.ALThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820933537449436230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274513.post-53129201082454344942008-06-24T12:53:00.000-07:002008-06-24T12:53:00.000-07:00But when I pull into the parking space, I virtuall...But when I pull into the parking space, I virtually disappear between spaces. On the road, believe me, I WANT DESPERATELY to be seen. Driving is driving; parking is parking. I pay my registration to drive on the roads.<BR/><BR/>No one can park in our space (Let's share the space, great idea! Two vehicles/one space. Brilliant!) after we have left because our receipts go with us. Right?<BR/><BR/>OK, so now answer the question of having no "inside of the window" where I can securely display my receipt. The parking bureau's web site doesn't address the issue.<BR/><BR/>Eternal optimist that I am, I'm guessing that the powers-that-be will send me at least part of my fine back.Rick Seiferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11249323390100558270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36274513.post-55608592362210352492008-06-24T10:46:00.000-07:002008-06-24T10:46:00.000-07:00Rick,You can't have it both ways. You can't ride ...Rick,<BR/>You can't have it both ways. You can't ride down the middle of the street and expect to get full respect for the space you occupy in a traffic lane and then pull into a parking space and virtually disappear and not have to pay.<BR/><BR/>Besides, it's all about generating income for the city. If you and I parked in the same space, me with my truck and you with your scooter, the city would expect to see we both paid for the space. That would technically be double dipping on the same space and time, not to mention triple dipping when we both pull out and a third vehicle parks there with time still left on our receipts.ALThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820933537449436230noreply@blogger.com