So Jill and I took a hike tonight, a beautiful stroll through the newly-green forest right near our house. Lovely.
When we got back to the road, we find a Harvard cop behind our car with lights blazing. He told me it was sticking out in the road. Our car was partially in the road, but that’s because there was no parking at the trailhead, and not enough room to pull off more than we did. I was certainly parked further off the road than most landscaping trucks I see everywhere.
So then another cop pulls up with lights blazing (because I guess they called in backup). Cop #2 informs me in a very serious voice that we’re in violation of Harvard law, which states that no one may park in a way that obstructs traffic in ANY WAY. If we hadn’t shown up when we did, he would have towed us ($300) plus a citation. He said we were lucky.
So tell your friends, and make sure to call the police if ANYONE is parked on any part of the road in Harvard. I sure will!
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I don’t think all cops are bad. I did check, and that IS a rule in the town. It’s just the way they handled it (backup) and their attitudes, like I was some sort of troublemaker out to block traffic.
But then they have to deal with a lot of people with attitudes too. Must get old…
You should watch the full length of the video I posted on my facebook yesterday. Despite the title, it is about this very issue. This is something I have been watching develop in our society for years and have experienced myself. Why I avoid cops(that I don’t know personally)like the plague.