You are correct this did happen in another country NOT the US but this is something that more than likely has happened here just no media coverage...
Stop riding to school or be expelled.
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You are correct this did happen in another country NOT the US but this is something that more than likely has happened here just no media coverage...
It is in the UK.
98Redlne
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If he rides his bike to legal parking area,off of the school grounds, then walks the remaining distance, isn't he already walking to school?
It seems to me that unless the bike is parked on school grounds then they don't have a case and seriously need to "eff off".
When I went to high school we had the same deal. Limited number of student spots in the school parking lot. If you didn't win the drawing and get a space then you either had to ride the bus or make other arrangements. I made arrangements with one of the homeowners down the street from the school. I parked my car in front of their house and walked the rest of the way. The school had no say in the matter as what I was doing was both outside of school hours and off of school grounds.
It seems to me that unless the bike is parked on school grounds then they don't have a case and seriously need to "eff off".
When I went to high school we had the same deal. Limited number of student spots in the school parking lot. If you didn't win the drawing and get a space then you either had to ride the bus or make other arrangements. I made arrangements with one of the homeowners down the street from the school. I parked my car in front of their house and walked the rest of the way. The school had no say in the matter as what I was doing was both outside of school hours and off of school grounds.
Many schools restrict vehicles on campus. I went to a MI college which prohibited vehicles on campus for freshmen. Didn't matter for me, if I had $5 in my pocket, I was 'rich,' comparatively-speaking. I didn't own a vehicle, and my first vehicle I owned was a CL77 305 Scrambler I bought from my dorm neighbor. We're talkin' late 1960's/early '70's here. I rode that all-over SW MI for a year, and sold it to a high school friend, and bought a new RT2 360 Yamaha which was one of the most-fun bikes I ever owned.
A kid from Chicago my sophmore year (he was a freshman) brought his CL77 and kept it at the house of an upperclassman to get-around the regulation. I used to borrow it, and liked it so-much, that's when I bought mine.
The student contract probably explicitly mentions this type of policy in the UK case, and the student unfortunately has to adhere to it or risk expulsion, which appears to have happened.
Ever hear of an entire city telling you what you cannot park in your driveway?
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2011/06/city-doesnt-want-parked-pickups-at-night.html
We're NOT talking about commercial work vehicles here, either!
Here is what one elitist jerk had to say:
"I write at the urging of many friends and neighbors who, like me, strongly oppose the proposed changes to the ordinance which currently bans the overnight parking of pick up trucks in Coral Gables neighborhoods. The recent actions and statements of the city leadership concerning this issue are ill-considered responses to a few loud voices ? mostly the owners of pick-up trucks. The last valid citizen survey that was conducted showed an overwhelming majority of our citizens opposed to allowing such trucks to become part of the residential landscape. The changes suggested to the ?pick-up? law will be impossible to enforce without an ?army? of regulators deciding which vehicles meet the new standards and which don?t, tracking down the trucks with uncovered beds versus those with tarps over the opening, and measuring the length and width of the vehicles.
Proponents of the repeal always point to photographs of the smallest trucks manufactured; but look around and take note of the general height and wheel base size of many of the trucks transiting our city. One, two or three of those large, loud machines constantly present in one of the cozy (but crowded) neighborhoods of the North Gables could easily ruin the residential atmosphere (and, thus, diminish the value of their property). The reason that the City won its lengthy court battle to continue enforcing the historic ban was that the ordinance was clear and unambiguous, it was applied uniformly and, importantly, it was not a civil rights issue but a quality-of-life issue properly within the regulatory authority of a municipality. Now the truck-owner that could not win in court seems to be favored over the majority of residents.
I am a person who believes in representative democracy, but when public servants wish to consider a significant change to the fabric of our community, they should want to know what the majority thinks. This is an issue ripe for a straw ballot and that is what the Commission should fashion for the April 2013 city elections. That way, candidates seeking our votes can be judged, in part, by their position on this matter. Until then, the law should be enforced."
Don Slesnick, Coral Gables
The writer is the former mayor of Coral Gables.
Lowell Kuvin stands next to his truck in Coral Gables in 2003 when he filed suit against the city to fight its ordinance prohibiting the parking of pickups between 7 p.m. and 7a.m. Though the Florida Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of the city eight years later, the issue is now back before the City Commission after the Planning and Zoning Board recommended changes to the ordinance. As for the truck, it's now in storage for his son Daniel, 13, and will become his first car, dad says. The Kuvins have since moved to South Beach.
A kid from Chicago my sophmore year (he was a freshman) brought his CL77 and kept it at the house of an upperclassman to get-around the regulation. I used to borrow it, and liked it so-much, that's when I bought mine.
The student contract probably explicitly mentions this type of policy in the UK case, and the student unfortunately has to adhere to it or risk expulsion, which appears to have happened.
Ever hear of an entire city telling you what you cannot park in your driveway?
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2011/06/city-doesnt-want-parked-pickups-at-night.html
We're NOT talking about commercial work vehicles here, either!
Here is what one elitist jerk had to say:
"I write at the urging of many friends and neighbors who, like me, strongly oppose the proposed changes to the ordinance which currently bans the overnight parking of pick up trucks in Coral Gables neighborhoods. The recent actions and statements of the city leadership concerning this issue are ill-considered responses to a few loud voices ? mostly the owners of pick-up trucks. The last valid citizen survey that was conducted showed an overwhelming majority of our citizens opposed to allowing such trucks to become part of the residential landscape. The changes suggested to the ?pick-up? law will be impossible to enforce without an ?army? of regulators deciding which vehicles meet the new standards and which don?t, tracking down the trucks with uncovered beds versus those with tarps over the opening, and measuring the length and width of the vehicles.
Proponents of the repeal always point to photographs of the smallest trucks manufactured; but look around and take note of the general height and wheel base size of many of the trucks transiting our city. One, two or three of those large, loud machines constantly present in one of the cozy (but crowded) neighborhoods of the North Gables could easily ruin the residential atmosphere (and, thus, diminish the value of their property). The reason that the City won its lengthy court battle to continue enforcing the historic ban was that the ordinance was clear and unambiguous, it was applied uniformly and, importantly, it was not a civil rights issue but a quality-of-life issue properly within the regulatory authority of a municipality. Now the truck-owner that could not win in court seems to be favored over the majority of residents.
I am a person who believes in representative democracy, but when public servants wish to consider a significant change to the fabric of our community, they should want to know what the majority thinks. This is an issue ripe for a straw ballot and that is what the Commission should fashion for the April 2013 city elections. That way, candidates seeking our votes can be judged, in part, by their position on this matter. Until then, the law should be enforced."
Don Slesnick, Coral Gables
The writer is the former mayor of Coral Gables.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/20/2759715/ex-mayor-dont-change-coral-gables.html#storylink=cpy
The reader comments are pretty-funny, as they often are.
Be sure to read this next one if you got this far!
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/25/2766034/coral-gables-zoning-board-pickups.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/25/2766034/coral-gables-zoning-board-pickups.html
Lowell Kuvin stands next to his truck in Coral Gables in 2003 when he filed suit against the city to fight its ordinance prohibiting the parking of pickups between 7 p.m. and 7a.m. Though the Florida Supreme Court ultimately ruled in favor of the city eight years later, the issue is now back before the City Commission after the Planning and Zoning Board recommended changes to the ordinance. As for the truck, it's now in storage for his son Daniel, 13, and will become his first car, dad says. The Kuvins have since moved to South Beach.
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