F-off Mike Layton

[Butler1000]

Interesting how a city councillor seems to have no idea that the city is cancelling these tickets thereby condoning the illegal parking.

Considering his parents you would think he would be better informed.....well maybe not.

 

[basketcase]

It seems that today giving police more power is the only solution to counter small number of law-breakers, whom we let in this country in name of improving economy.

Yep. Illegal parking is a result of immigration.


Where do you come up with this shit?

 

[MRBJX]

Actually its likely buses and street cars and drivers who don't pay attention screw up traffic more than random delivery trucks.

 

[checks]

How about changing the rules so people with handicap permits can't park anywhere they feel like? Just because you have a handicap permit, why are you allowed to park on a no parking laneway? I've seen cars parked on Richmond and Adelaide in rush hour (in areas that are no parking, no stopping all day) without a ticket. And how about banning free parking for motorcycles? They take up all the spots without paying, and cars who are willing to pay for a spot are out of luck.

 

[peter4025]

How about changing the rules so people with handicap permits can't park anywhere they feel like? Just because you have a handicap permit, why are you allowed to park on a no parking laneway? I've seen cars parked on Richmond and Adelaide in rush hour (in areas that are no parking, no stopping all day) without a ticket. And how about banning free parking for motorcycles? They take up all the spots without paying, and cars who are willing to pay for a spot are out of luck.

I agree with you. People with handicap permits park anywhere they want. The worst part it's that 80 of them are not the permit holders. They borrow the permit from a relative.
Regarding free parking for motorcycles, this can be easily resolve if the city of Toronto would be willing to install a pay your parking fees with your cell phone. This system is used everywhere in Europe. You park in a designated space, send a text to a social number with your licence plate and how many hours you want to park. Once your time is up you receive a text if you want to pay for more time. In this way you never have to run out to pay to extend your parking. It's all done via the phone.
Pe officers in Europe just punch in the licence plate to verify if parking was paid. It's an amazing system and would save taxpayers lots of money in unfair parking tickets.

 

[GPIDEAL]

Exactly! If they change the law to mailing tickets, what's to stop PEO from writing parking tickets for 10-15 minutes after their pay and display ticket has expired? And don't think they wouldn't do it!

I will only allow what bolshevik Mike Layton is proposing, IF they use some kind of photographic evidence. Otherwise yes, he can go fuck himself.

 

[shrek71]

Regarding free parking for motorcycles, this can be easily resolve if the city of Toronto would be willing to install a pay your parking fees with your cell phone. This system is used everywhere in Europe. You park in a designated space, send a text to a social number with your licence plate and how many hours you want to park. Once your time is up you receive a text if you want to pay for more time. In this way you never have to run out to pay to extend your parking. It's all done via the phone.
Pe officers in Europe just punch in the licence plate to verify if parking was paid. It's an amazing system and would save taxpayers lots of money in unfair parking tickets.

This would be a great money maker for the city as well. Think of the lost revenue when people's paid parking time expires and they are not ticketed. Or for that matter, the money saved at traffic court for people fighting parking tickets.

Of course, Toronto won't do it as they seemingly never have any money to implement any new technology that will make lives easier for the people of the city.

Cheers

 

[GameBoy27]

I agree with you. People with handicap permits park anywhere they want. The worst part it's that 80 of them are not the permit holders. They borrow the permit from a relative.

This doesn't bother me.

Regarding free parking for motorcycles, this can be easily resolve if the city of Toronto would be willing to install a pay your parking fees with your cell phone. This system is used everywhere in Europe. You park in a designated space, send a text to a social number with your licence plate and how many hours you want to park. Once your time is up you receive a text if you want to pay for more time. In this way you never have to run out to pay to extend your parking. It's all done via the phone.
Pe officers in Europe just punch in the licence plate to verify if parking was paid. It's an amazing system and would save taxpayers lots of money in unfair parking tickets.

I doubt Toronto will adopt a system like that any time soon. By making it easier to never run out of time, they'll lose millions in parking ticket revenues. PEOs would literally need to enter the lic. plate of every vehicle parked in order to determine if time has expired, and that's not going to happen. Remember, this city thrives on parking tickets which is why Layton want to make it easier to write more.

Check out this revenue generator.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/08/11/this_fire_hydrant_costs_toronto_drivers_the_most_in_parking_tickets.html

It's the street equivalent of a desert mirage, an elusive piece of prime parking real estate that, for some strange reason, everyone else just happened to miss.

Eventually, however, a telltale slip of paper tucked beneath a windshield wiper offers an explanation: you parked in front of a fire hydrant.
Maybe it was an honest mistake. Or maybe you thought you could slip in and out before your illegal parking job caught the attention of a passing bylaw officer. Either way, now you've been hit with a hefty fine.

And as it turns out, some hydrants seem to be more tempting — and more costly — than others.

In Toronto, one hydrant stands above the rest. People are fined so often for parking in front of it that on Google's Street View, a white Toyota can be seen with a yellow slip under its wiper blade as a parking-enforcement officer walks away.

Since 2008, cars that parked too close to the hydrant at 393 University Ave. have been ticketed 2,962 times. Those fines add up to $289,620 — more than any other hydrant in the city.

 

[Manji]

Some of you guys are a bunch of crybabies...

Don't want a ticket -don't park illegally.....

Doesn't matter if its only for a minute or two - its still illegal.....

Don't do crime if you can't pay the fine....

And if it helps the city bring in cash I'm totally okay with the change in ticketing policy....