The law makes it illegal for drivers to park their cars within 20 feet of a crosswalk, on the side of the street that faces the crosswalk.
The law makes it illegal for drivers to park their cars within 20 feet of a crosswalk, on the side of the street that faces the crosswalk.
Crosswalks that aren’t painted with white stripes still count. Some curbs are unpainted, some are painted red less than 20 feet. Some are painted 20 feet out.
How many people do you think parked short of a red curb and near a crosswalk the city didn’t bother to stripe? Maybe properly mark the curbs before you start fining people $240,000 a month?
Why would you need curbs to be marked?
Over here in Germany parking 5 meters in front of crosswalks is illegal. No curb is ever striped, anywhere. If you are unsure whether you are too close you are expected to measure.
Because right now this law is only done in one small area and only on one side of the road. We have more universal laws, like no parking within 15 feet of a stop sign, but this isn’t one of them.