Help your unaware pal jmac

[prog]

Is it Considered Harmful to leave my car buried until I actually need to make it go somewhere? I don't know, I'm asking.

I look up and down the street and see that every other car has been dug out, at least partially, including those that have clearly not moved since the blizzard. Is there a principle, philosophy, or social agreement that I am overlooking?

Comments

[hauntmeister.livejournal.com]

Somerville will eventually ticket you if you haven't dug your car out by some period (I think it's 48 hours) after the snow ends. They call it an enforcement of their rule that cars can't stay in one place for more than 48 hours.

City Ordinance restricts any vehicle from remaining in the same space on any street for a period exceeding 48 hours. This violation will be strictly enforced on both the odd and even sides of the street 48 hours after the snow emergency has been lifted. Failure to comply will result in the ticketing and potential towing of the vehicle.
http://www.ci.somerville.ma.us/alert.cfm?alert_id=5

You'll probably get leeway on this, given the size of the storm, but it's on the books.

[prog.livejournal.com]

Gah!! OK, this I did not know. I see the page mentions how one's vehicle should be snowless enough to have its permit stickers visible, which is something I should have thought of myself...

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I would not count on size of storm giving you any grace period. I got ticketed after a heavy storm a year and a half ago, because I left the car in the same spot over 48 hours, and I _did_ have it cleaned off. I hate their "no parking over 48 hours" rule, I really do.

[prog.livejournal.com]

One of my neighbors (who didn't know my name and yet knew which car was mine) greeted me as I left my house this morning, and advised me to dig out & move ASAP. I'm gonna do it tonight, and hope they didn't sting me during the day...

[treacle-well.livejournal.com]

Yup. What hrafn said. It happened to me too after a big storm once (basically after a big storm is the only time they can actually tell whether or not you've moved your car within the last 48 hours).