Saturday, September 10, 2022

Saturday's opening shot

BOOTED IN THE BUS LANE! Avenue A between Second Street and Third Street. 

Shouldn't be an inconvenience for buses or street cleaners...

Updated:

An interesting theory from a reader... this car with the boot had been on Third Street, and the city towed it ahead of the milling the other night... why the tow-truck operator left it in the bus lane...?

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great! They should tow them to make it even more difficult for them

Anonymous said...

Hefty fine to get that boot off - what a dumbass

Anonymous said...

Boot

Anonymous said...

WAIT! Is that the KEYFOOD way in the background??

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Great question about tow truck operator's choice there... We really need that bus lane, and now it's blocked... Wish they would tow all the cars that have so many unpaid tickets, and then charge them for the work & storage.

Anonymous said...

The idiocy of NYC under this Mayor is reaching previously-unheard-of new lows, IMO. This is just stupidity piled on stupidity.

Anonymous said...

Yup. Rando tow truck driver = direct line to the Mayor. Got it. {eyeroll}

stephen b said...

this is in front of a (new-ish) drop-off wash and fold on the west side

Anonymous said...

@7:49pm: You're missing the point: in this administration, NO ONE is in charge or "minding the store", so yeah, rando tow operator is free to do whatever, b/c there are no consequences for the tow operator's actions.

Anonymous said...

So the mayor is towing cars now?๐Ÿ™„

Anonymous said...

2:41am: Uh, who do you think authorizes tow trucks in NYC? It's not the Easter bunny, nor is it any of Santa's elves.

Anonymous said...

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/services/vehicles-property/towed-vehicles.page. Clear it up for you?

SB3030 said...

Some of the cars towed from 3rd also ended up in the southbound bike lane on Ave C between 4th & 5th as well.

Anonymous said...

@12:26PM: I'm not the one who's confused, thanks!

Anonymous said...

The mill at night, and so when they towed it the spot was legal. Still a dumb place to put it because that changes at 6am. Speaking of which, those bus lane hours should be different. It makes more sense for it to start later (7 or 8 AM instead of 6) and end earlier (8/9 instead of 10) and that was it's easier for people to park park overnight but not during any crowded times. No nuance in thought with this new DOT.

Anonymous said...

The tow truck should be booted too.