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YouTubeA situation that was just brought to my attention at work today....someone who has their drivers license suspended from unpaid parking tickets and was pulled over and then taken to jail just because she was trying to GO TO WORK. Now she has to pay to get out of jail, pay to get her car out of the impound, and who is going to watch her two kids that she has to support and the reason why she would take a risk to go to a job to get paid so that she can provide for her family. That to me is RIDICULOUS.....our system creates poverty/debt.
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joev
Merion Village
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Maybe she should have paid her parking tickets. Or not incurred them to begin with. That would have eliminated her whole problem. I would say the system didn't create poverty/debt in this instance. Your friend's choices did. Sorry, I'm usually the first on the socialist bandwagon, by I can't find a lot of sympathy here.
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captain janks
south side 4 life
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MikeReed wrote Are we talking 2 unpaid parking tickets or a whole glove box full?
i dont think they suspend your license for 2 unpaid parking tickets.
as for the original post, im in agreement with the other posters so far.
why not just pay the tickets to begin with?
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enzo
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Oooooo...have no idea the number. Also, if we had a rapid transit or commuter train, she could get to work without breaking the law. Unpaid parking tickets are not responsible, agreed, but a jailable offense??? HARDLY. Maybe making her do forced public service in an orange outfit to work to pay off the tickets or something...do not jail a single mother of two school age children!!!
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captain janks
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enzo wrote Unpaid parking tickets are not responsible, agreed, but a jailable offense??? HARDLY.
IIRC, driving on a suspended license IS a jailable offense.
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joev
Merion Village
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We have a bus system she could have used. And maybe the city uses the money from parking tickets to put more cops on the street and keep neighborhoods safe. She obviously had little regard for the law she repeatedly broke - why not take her to jail just like someone who keeps shoplifting from Kroger? People who have kids should get the same treatment as those without kids.
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swan
London
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polite version per wiki: An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, with the intention of baiting other users into an emotional response.
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captain janks
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thank you wikipedia :lol:
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enzo
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I just do not see how the punishment fits the offense? If she were driving while on drugs or dealing drugs or driving to a party or something other than work, ok sure. She was desperate to get to work. I just think it sets in motion a downward spiral. I think two days of picking up trash or cleaning the jail would be a better solution. So, now she will get fired from her job and then slip even further down the rungs.
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joev
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Jail for parking tickets is harsh. Jail for driving on a suspended license is not. And she'll think twice before parking or driving illegally again. Or thinking that she doesn't have to follow the rules for whatever reason. COTA's better than breakig the law.
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rave_til_dawn
Dennison Place
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enzo wrote I think two days of picking up trash or cleaning the jail would be a better solution. So, now she will get fired from her job and then slip even further down the rungs.
So two days of missing work or 2 days of additional babysitting is affordable but not the original parking tickets she's guilty of not paying in the first place? I agree with everyone else, take some responsibility.Posted 4 years ago # -
enzo
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swan wrote polite version per wiki: An Internet troll, or simply troll in Internet slang, is someone who posts controversial messages in an online community, such as an online discussion forum, with the intention of baiting other users into an emotional response.
Is this controversial? I thought everyone would agree with me.
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HighLife
Grandview
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I usually have sympathy for this type of thing, because I understand how it can become a vicious cycle. However, I live on a permit-only street and it absolutely infuriates me when I come home with heavy groceries or laundry and I can't park anywhere near my house due to illegally parked cars. There is no good reason to park directly underneath a sign that says "No Parking" when there is free parking available one block over. I wish the city would ticket on my street more often.
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