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Originally Posted by 4X4
Me too. Actually, it was this thread that completely changed my mind. The fee should stay.
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my problem with the fee isn't the fee itself because i have no problem with paying 3 dollars to park there. I think the system sucks for collecting the cash and how they deal with fines.
For example, I'm heading down to the Flames game tonight with a friend, park at Dalhourise and we have a few herion beers down there, meet up with a couple girls and we all go out for a few more(read a lot more) drinks. As the responsible alcoholic I leave my truck in the lot overnight. So i wake up around say 11 the next morning walk outside and am like where the hell is my truck? Then I remember I couldn't drive it home because I was drunk last night, thank you for not driving it home drunk, here's your fine for not paying the 3$ parking fee for today, booyah for being responsible.
I wouldn't go as far as to say the way they have it now encourages drunk driving but it certainly makes some of the options less attractive.
I should say this has only happened to me twice and somehow i was fortunate enough that I didn't end up with a ticket either time.
I you wanna have it pay to park then charge people on exit and you don't need to fine people who may have accidently forgot to pay one day in the rush to make the train or had to leave their car there for whatever unexpected reason.
ohhh and another stupid thing, can't back into a stall or you get a fine, yeah that's awesome too.