By adamg on Tue., 5/23/2017 - 3:14 pm 
Drew Starr could only stare in amazement at this person's parking job on Mass. Ave. near the Christian Science Center today: Too far from the curb, in a handicap space and with "a crushed bike lane marker underneath."
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It excuses a little.
By anon
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 9:37am
Let's say you're driving your auto, and are picking up a person who has a disabled placard for their auto. Is it OK for you to pull into a handicap parking space while you wait 2-3 minutes for them to leave their building and amble over to your auto?
I think the answer is yes. If not legally, certainly morally. And, if a cop came up, you'd simply tell the cop with your big boy words that you were waiting for your disabled friend, and if the cop would like to wait a minute or two, you'd be happy to introduce.
So, ifI the person in the car falls into that category, then it's only a double play. Because even if this unlikely story applied, the driver is still parked in the bike lane having run over a bollard.
Red Herring
By anon
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 12:06pm
Placards go with the person, not the car.
Your friend could give you the placard to use while picking them up.
You can have a placard and a plate.
Again, ethics, not law
By anon
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 2:51pm
Just because you're picking your friend up doesn't mean you were with that person beforehand to hand off the placard.
If you're picking up "the person" for whom the placard "go[es] with," from an ethics perspective live parking in a handicap space is perfectly reasonable.
Photo Proof
By ElizaLeila
Thu, 05/25/2017 - 1:18pm
There is a photo on that placard - if that person isn't with the placard, things could go badly.
On most disabled person placards I've seen
By roadman
Thu, 05/25/2017 - 2:05pm
the photo is covered over, usually with a blank white label. And, no, it's not because somebody other than the legal placard holder is using it, but because most people, for various reasons, do not want to openly display the photo.**
Also it should be remembered that the placard holder does NOT have to be the driver of the vehicle.
** Disclaimer: As a three-times weekly dialysis patient for over five years, I've gotten to know a number of people who have disabled placards. Most of them have expressed this sentiment about having their photo displayed on the placard.
Yep
By anon
Thu, 05/25/2017 - 2:24pm
I used to take my MIL to appointments. I would drive and physically assist her into/out of the chair.
One day I returned to the vehicle to find a cop writing a ticket because somebody spotted an able-bodied person using the placard. However, I had the placard holder with me. I pulled the placard from the mirror and showed the picture that matched my MIL.
The cop apologized to my MIL and went on his way.
I didn't mind because they were just keeping the spot clear for people like my MIL. She owned the car and could have easily gotten it dismissed.
Oh, I know
By ElizaLeila
Fri, 05/26/2017 - 9:24am
I just don't know how comfortable the owner of said placard is to giving it to someone while they're not with them.
My aunt was pretty liberal with hers and I don't think I would be the same if the situation were reversed.
if only we had police, but for traffic
By Scumquistador
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 4:41pm
or a jail, but for cars
That part of Mass Ave. is
By anon
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 5:06pm
That part of Mass Ave. is already annoying with the non-straight lanes, and now people have to maneuver around this person.
As someone who gets around
By dvg
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 5:29pm
As someone who gets around mostly by foot, cars parked on sidewalks are one of my top pet peeves so I report them to 311 when I see them.
If my recent experience is any indication, this Camry driver can relax and need not worry too much about getting a traffic ticket.
This Saturday morning, I reported a car parked entirely on the Sidewalk at Harvard and Esmond St. in Dorchester. It was there until mid-day Sunday, and there was no way to walk past it. I included a very incriminating picture with the plates in my report and it took nearly 43 hours for traffic enforcement to show up. To their great surprise I presume, the enforcement officer found out that the car was no longer there by the time they arrived.
To be fair to traffic enforcement, this was a major improvement over the previous case that I reported to 311 on April 27th at 3:49 PM. This one was resolved… today less than 4 hours ago, or a mere 624 hours later! In that case, the car had been pushed onto the sidewalk at 218 Westville St. (Dorchester) after getting rammed by a van in a staged accident. It was on the sidewalk for five days before getting towed by a third party, but it took our mighty traffic enforcers nearly a month to check on it and close the case.
My computer skills are too limited to post pictures and links in this section, but these can be looked up on the Boston 311 site as case # 101002092911 and # 101002074316
Or as our esteemed mayor recently said; pedestrian, you’d better watch out for yourself!
Just as a f.y.i. No one
By dd808
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 5:53pm
Just as a f.y.i. No one monitors @bos311 over the weekends.
There is no BTD parking
By anon
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 7:37pm
There is no BTD parking enforcement on Sundays and holidays. You would need to get a BPD officer involved for anything to happen.
Car on sidewalk
By anon
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 9:54pm
Call 911.
311 doesn't appear to care much about cars
By KSquared
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 4:13pm
I have a still open report from 692 days ago about a city vehicle parked in a travel lane when there were plenty of open parking spaces available.
Whenever I need a laugh I just open up the 311 app and see it's green "Opened" status.
I'll go you one better
By roadman
Thu, 05/25/2017 - 11:20am
I have a still open report from 1015 days ago about a BPD cruiser I observed going down Boylston Street by the Common in the opposite lane without lights or siren on.
Apparently, 311 operators are trained to disregard any complaints regarding City vehicles.
seems hit or miss
By anon
Thu, 05/25/2017 - 2:22pm
Idk, I've reported sidewalk parkers and seen tickets issued. Even more satisfying was it was some tool who illegally registers their car with NH tags.
Be the instrument
By Joe Rozzie
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 7:56am
of Karma,Deflate all 4 tires then move on. Your good deed for the day completed.
People live this are why you
By DPM
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 10:51am
People live this are why you should drive with a dash cam. There are some outrageously terrible drivers out there.
Hitting for the cycle
By Perry Jameson
Fri, 05/26/2017 - 12:26pm
A bit over 20 years ago when I was living in San Francisco, a jerk driving a Bimmer convertible parked his ride on the corner on a main street in a dense and more residential neighborhood and so also spanned a bus zone, a handicapped curb cut and a crosswalk so that he could pick up a latte or some such fancy cup of coffee.
A parking officer happened by and whacked him for the four violations to the tune of close to $500 in total. Those who witnessed the tagging applauded the officer.
At least those who were able to stop laughing hysterically.
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