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Originally Posted by davidmash
The boys mother went to the court house the next day and was told that the ticket stands and that the fine of $360 dollars must be paid. They can fight it after ward if they want. Sounds like a city scam to me.
The part that I don't get is how the city can say that a road paid for and maintained with city tax dollars cannot be traveled on by tax payers. That makes no sense to me.
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It's a matter of public safety, especially of the neighborhood has many young kids. Most suburban areas have laws preventing neighborhoods from becoming thoroughfares. Kids tend to play ball in the streets...I know we did when I was growing up in suburbia. Our city didn't allow neighborhoods to become high traffic areas...and they ticketed those they could, when they could, whenever people called and complained.
Most neighborhood roadways aren't constructed to handle the constant heavy traffic that the main roads are designed for. Adding heavy traffic to road beds that aren't designed for it will prematurely wear the road out, causing higher costs for street maintenance.
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