BrooklynBus 1,141 #1 Posted March 15, 2018 http://www.qchron.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/cops-block-sidewalks/article_1f4fd815-4d16-5156-aec2-0f61008cee9a.html?mode=story Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R68OnBroadway 673 #2 Posted March 18, 2018 On 3/15/2018 at 1:36 PM, BrooklynBus said: http://www.qchron.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/cops-block-sidewalks/article_1f4fd815-4d16-5156-aec2-0f61008cee9a.html?mode=story Cops also do this in bus lane. Let's hope that in 2021 we get a mayor who wants to take on the corrupt cops. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrooklynBus 1,141 #3 Posted March 18, 2018 50 minutes ago, R68OnBroadway said: Cops also do this in bus lane. Let's hope that in 2021 we get a mayor who wants to take on the corrupt cops. We can always hope, but it hasn't happened in the past 40 years. Another persistent problem is the illegal use of parking placards, many of whom are police officers, where there is a supposed crackdown every few years, but then it's business as usual again. Misuse of handicapped parking placards is yet another problem that is unaddressed. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deucey 2,562 #4 Posted April 4, 2018 On 3/17/2018 at 11:01 PM, BrooklynBus said: We can always hope, but it hasn't happened in the past 40 years. Another persistent problem is the illegal use of parking placards, many of whom are police officers, where there is a supposed crackdown every few years, but then it's business as usual again. Misuse of handicapped parking placards is yet another problem that is unaddressed. The lulz at watching this play out: Sometimes I get the urge to start a SM account documenting every time I see NYPD run a red light for no reason other than refusing to wait (my favorite was watching one in an Altima flip the cherries on to go through the red at Fordham/Jerome to get to Twin Donuts and order), but since the Placard Abuse hasn't "fixed" anything... 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrooklynBus 1,141 #5 Posted April 4, 2018 10 minutes ago, Deucey said: The lulz at watching this play out: Sometimes I get the urge to start a SM account documenting every time I see NYPD run a red light for no reason other than refusing to wait (my favorite was watching one in an Altima flip the cherries on to go through the red at Fordham/Jerome to get to Twin Donuts and order), but since the Placard Abuse hasn't "fixed" anything... I once saw a police car wit lights and sirens pull into a Dunkin Donuts with no emergency inside. The officers slowly walked in. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N6 Limited 1,053 #6 Posted April 10, 2018 On 4/4/2018 at 9:08 AM, Deucey said: The lulz at watching this play out: <video> Sometimes I get the urge to start a SM account documenting every time I see NYPD run a red light for no reason other than refusing to wait (my favorite was watching one in an Altima flip the cherries on to go through the red at Fordham/Jerome to get to Twin Donuts and order), but since the Placard Abuse hasn't "fixed" anything... Haha, I once got TOWED on Livingston Street, I parked my car along with everyone else , paid the meter and went to get something to eat. I got back and my car was towed. Waved down a cop car and told them I still had time left on the meter. They told me to look at the sign. "No Standing between 4PM-7PM." But ALL the other cars were STILL THERE, do you know why? PLACARDS! (Which I didn't notice when I parked) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrooklynBus 1,141 #7 Posted April 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, N6 Limited said: Haha, I once got TOWED on Livingston Street, I parked my car along with everyone else , paid the meter and went to get something to eat. I got back and my car was towed. Waved down a cop car and told them I still had time left on the meter. They told me to look at the sign. "No Standing between 4PM-7PM." But ALL the other cars were STILL THERE, do you know why? PLACARDS! (Which I didn't notice when I parked) Which makes no sense at all because the purpose of towing cars was to allow it to be used as a bus lane. Towing one car doesn't open up the lane. I would have been mad as hell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N6 Limited 1,053 #8 Posted April 10, 2018 13 minutes ago, BrooklynBus said: Which makes no sense at all because the purpose of towing cars was to allow it to be used as a bus lane. Towing one car doesn't open up the lane. I would have been mad as hell. I was certainly not pleased, but I learned to throughly read the signs when parking, and to avoid driving to CBD areas in general (especially before 7PM) so they won't get more of my money. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BrooklynBus 1,141 #9 Posted June 14, 2018 https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjLF7UGvRJvZoS-UAbZRVOJb4tFZ 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FamousNYLover 560 #10 Posted October 22, 2018 When I was livving in old apartment building at 1771 1st Av, across from M31/M86 bus stop, unmarked police car, just went diamogrally oncoming traffic without siren just to get parking space. Even some news reporters are getting detain or arrested by cops. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N6 Limited 1,053 #11 Posted November 15, 2018 It seems like a lot of "No parking" and "No standing" area's are just reserved parking for Police Vehicles and MTA workers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paolp 0 #12 Posted December 21, 2018 Well power corrupts, and specially people with uniform are prone to succumb to it. The world your be a different place if they didn't Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bimmer4me 3 #13 Posted December 23, 2018 Yeah placards are annoying. Like really annoying. Time to move to Jersey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Union Tpke 3,681 #14 Posted January 21, 2019 Roses are red, Violets are blue, Cops make the sidewalks blocked, What else is new? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
