I defy the kid to find one person... cop or citizen, who hasn't parked illegally at some point or another.....
I admire the kid's gumption.... but his chosen issue is really a non-issue
Hi, my name's Christopher Allen Proescher, pleased to make your acquaintance.
"...And if he parks illegally in his personal car he probably will get a ticket if caught..."[/quote]
That's not his POV, so it's non sequitor to this discussion.
"We had this debate in the New Hampshire forum and the New Hampshire RSAs allow a police officer to park in no parking Zoe's while on duty with no mention at all of responding to a call"
1) If he stops to shtupp the local prostitute and parks in a "No Parking" zone, is he still "on duty"?
2) What do the laws of New Hampshire have to do with the laws in Las Vegas, Nevada?
3) I've seen officers stop in the middle of intersections when called to a scene, so if they're allowed to do it then, are you saying that they can park in the middle of an intersection while they go have a Oreo® CheeseQuake® Blizzard® Treat at the local Dairy Queen?
"If a cop stops to buy a bottle of water or soda on a hot day, and I call them for an emergency, I don't want to wait for the nearest officer to sprint 10 blocks to their vehicle, that makes no sense..."
A straw man argument, he was at a store and stores have parking lots. He had probably a 15 foot walk from a parking space. And if it was more than that he could have done what us common folk do, either go somewhere else or have our chauffeurs fetch some Evian.
"Officers don't get lunch breaks and rest breaks in the same way you and I do at a private employer..." Really? Gee, I thought there were even service codes like "10-8" and "10-7" for stuff like that. You mean you guys don't get to get out of your cars and have a sit down at the local MickyDee's or BBQ joint?
If cops don't 'have time to eat', then I guess cops don't have time to wait in line at fast food either. Yet, somehow, I never see them barging their way to the head of the line. Why is that?
"...Also many police vehicles, including motors, have hundreds of dollars of taxpayer provided equipment on and in them... it makes perfect sense to me if the "no park" zone happened to be the best place to leave the motor where he could see it while doing his business...."
Big deal, I often had over 100k of equipment in my work van, and now have over 10K in stereo and other items in my car.
So why don't I get to have special treatment?
"There's plenty of legitimate reasons for a cop to park in a no park zone, and most likely the no park zone doesn't apply to cops anyway..."
One, this wasn't one of them, and you know it. And Two, because "NO Parking" zones that are reserved for fire trucks to put out fires and save people's lives are more important than a cop getting his supervitavegemin water drink on.
I'm sorry ENM, but all your arguments (aside from the obvious red herrings, straw man, and non sequitor ones) just boil down to one simple line,
"I'm more specialier than you."
