Comments on: State Workers Targeted By Boise Parking?

By: boisecynic

boisecynic — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:48:23 +0000

Meanwhile, over here in abandoned West Downtown, people park on the sidewalks all day long every day. I’m talking about you Buck’s Bags, Italian Tile and Marble and Bronco Motors.

Then there’s the granite counter top place that has their granite on the planting strip on 17th next to the Cabana. A couple of junk trucks and trailers populate the vacant lot behind the Cabana too.

/pulling my hair out

By: Zippo

Zippo — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:25:48 +0000

Are you forgeting that Boise (aside from needing the money) is having lots of people and bikes run over, thus keeping crossings and such clear of obstructions is a safety thing too.

By: Drivers Ed 101

Drivers Ed 101 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:32:49 +0000

Before being issued an Idaho drivers license, isn’t there a test based on having memorized the contents of the Idaho Drivers manual? Content like on page 2-8:

No-Parking Zones
Parking is not allowed:
• Within 20 feet of a crosswalk.

That being said, there are certainly more serious traffic laws listed in that manual that should get enforcement priority.

By: cyclops

cyclops — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:35:36 +0000

Insane- very foolish, extravagant.

Dumb- to make or become less intellectually demanding

Scary- frightening

Yup Sisyphus, all three! Not a maaaaajor issue, but certainly symptomatic of the ineptness in government.

By: Zippo

Zippo — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:10:41 +0000

Makes crossing the street a bit safer… Hmmm, but I thought state workers can park where and when they want… after all we need them to keep the system running right? LOL!

By: Sisyphus

Sisyphus — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:55:55 +0000

Oh please, scary, dumb, insane? This IS the warning, something they didn’t have to do. And ACHD owns the streets, blame them for the lack of markings. Geez, if you think this is a maaaaajor issue, you should be parking in a garage and walking to your destination. I suspect that’s part of the intention here. Downtown is getting too crowded for all the traffic.

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:06:51 +0000

Gordon, I vote for both! It is truly a scary thing to deal with people that are too dumb to realize how insane they are!

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:56:26 +0000

Can you park there just long enough to get out a tape measure and find out where you’re supposed to be? Ridiculous to enforce it but not paint the curbs red, or something.
I guess it’s cuz they figure pedestrians and bicyclists can’t see past the parked cars to see whether other traffic is coming.
But then, “except … in a parking meter zone.”
Oh, it’s OK to run over pedestrians and bicyclists if their view is blocked by a car that’s paying to park there, apparently.
Are the officials nuts, or just plain stupid?

By: Wonk Vader

Wonk Vader — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:30:15 +0000

The city’s publicity campaign to let people know about the 20-foot distance consists of giving them tickets when they break this law. I got nabbed last week. If the city wanted to get the word out in a highly effective way, I suggest they could exercise the option of putting a warning on offenders’ cars, instead of immediately fining them $37 for breaking an obscure law on an unmarked curb.

By: paul

paul — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:37:41 +0000

This business of so many feet from each different thing it what is known as the “DOLLAR COLLAR”. They know most folks don’t know the regs.

Scoff law people need to be cited but give us a break. If we are not supposed to park there then paint the curbs red the desired distance we are not to violate.