The way that she was selling the cookies is the crux of the issue. Location, location, location
It turns out that her grandparents are located on main street, which actually is a four-lane thoroughfare
Given the local, if the girl (who is too young to drive outside of the driveway) had positioned the truck so it was an actual hazard to traffic, she also could have been asked to move it.
The cop should have issued a warning, possibly knocking on the door of the house.
The council needs to be voted out and the cop chewed out.
I’m sure people have garage sales etc. in that neighborhood all the time and the traffic flow can handle it. I’m located in a slightly smaller town. The garage sale potential is one of the few upsides to living on the “main drag.”
Yes, a warning and an explanation of how to do what she wanted to do safely and in accordance with the law.
And Fireone’s list of the fines shows how enforcement likes to pile on numerous fine for a single infraction. Three different tickets for one act of blocking a sidewalk.
All of this would have been avoided with a simple explanation.