Dear Chip, For the record you and I know that the people who clear these spaces do not legally OWN them.
It's just a matter of consideration for the effort someone has put forth to clear a space (usually in front of their home), that while difficult circumstances exist such as during a heavy snowfall, that people either restrain themselves from usurping the fruit of another's labor, OR offer to help dig out several spaces on the block with their neighbors. Hiding and watching and then jumping right into a space someone else has shoveled, while giving them the finger and saying they have no legal rights (we KNOW that!), is wrong. The snow won't be there forever and things will ease up in a few days. Why jump into a space when it was scarcely cleared? As Sharrieff and you have pointed out, my particular situation is different from a legal standpoint. However, the behavior that ill-affected me is a progression from the same mindset that causes people do hide and wait and jump into a space someone worked to clear. The "I am entitled to do whatever I want to do WHEN I want to, and to H---with you!", mantra so prevalent these days. It's just a matter of degree. On 2/5/05 11:15 AM, "Charles H. Buchholtz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Wilma de Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:35:58 -0500 > > Well, guess what? I do not own the city streets, but the City of > Philadelphia does; and they have laws and ordinances that apply to the > blocking of any public or private driveway, and I would have been PERFECTLY > within my rights to summon Officers of the Law to cite him for violations > thereof. > > That guy was a jerk. I wish he'd been towed. You have every right to > be pissed, because it's illegal to block someone's driveway. > > Whether or not people legally OWN their parking spaces during difficult > circumstances such as a major snowfall, is beside the point. > > I'm honestly having trouble understanding this whole, "digging out a > parking space" thing, and no one's explained it to me. I'm guessing > it's because the people who dig out their spaces (and then feel some > right to keep them) assume that everyone understands why they do this. > I think I've figured it out by reading between the lines. > > I don't mind driving on snow, so after a snowstorm I just shovel > enough snow to get my car to the street, and then drive away. As long > as the snow isn't above my car's axels, I can get through. (I don't > have an SUV or a truck, but I do have all-wheel drive.) When I need > to park, I find an empty spot, and just park on top of the snow, > through the gap that the last car left. I figure that if whatever car > was in there managed to get out, then I can manage to get in and out > again. Also, I'm physically able to scramble over the snow bank to > get to and from my car. So, parking after a snow storm is pretty much > the same as regular parking: I park in a spot that someone else left, > someone else parks in the spot that I left. I have to shovel my > sidewalk, and I have to dig out my car >the first time<, but that's no > one's fault but the weather. > > I'm guessing that some people can't manage in snow, so they shovel out > their space the way that people shovel their sidewalk, down to bare > ground. That's a lot of work. When they get back, they can't park in > any open spot, they can only park in a spot that's been totally > cleared of snow. So, if the spot they dug out is taken, they can't > park at all. > > Do I have that right? Seriously, I'm not being facetious. I really > don't understand what people are talking about when they say, "I dug > out my space, so no one else should park in it." > > --- Chip > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
