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> some perverted dream of 100% enforcement

No illegally parked vehicles?

The negative externalities of illegally parked vehicles charged to the source?

I'll dream of that.



That doesn't change the fact that the laws/rules/etc across all sorts of issues are all written half baked with the assumption that enforcers will be reasonable and all sorts of edge cases don't need to be supported.

The reason illegally parked vehicles are illegal is not because they are illegal, that's circular and the peddlers of that sort of logic should be derided if not marginalized. We care about illegally parked vehicles, littering, and all manner of public nuisances because of the downside to the public of said nuisance. Absent the downside there is no reason to care. And if you automate perfect enforcement you will be inundated with tickets for situations that lack downsides that the enforcers were mostly ignoring.


> doesn't change the fact that the laws/rules/etc across all sorts of issues are all written half baked

Illegal parking is pretty black and white. I wouldn’t support citizen policing for all violations. But parking seems like a good fit.


I think you’ll find this leads to infinite fine revenue and higher congestion in pretty much all cities.


> think you’ll find this leads to infinite fine revenue and higher congestion in pretty much all cities

How? Laffer curve will max out as behaviour adjusts. And that adjustment means folks parking legally or forgoing a car or the area in question, not driving around in circles for fun.




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