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Parking your car by backing it into your driveway could soon be illegal in Jacksonville, Florida
Personal Liberty ^ | 6/26/15 | Ben Bullard

Posted on 06/27/2015 3:44:58 PM PDT by Libloather

The city council in Jacksonville, Florida, has taken up a proposal that, if approved, would make it illegal for residents to park their cars in any manner that prevents law enforcement from seeing their rear license plates from the street.

For those who live in single-family homes with off-street parking, such a law would make backing into the driveway to park an illegal act. Florida is among a handful of states that don’t require car owners to display license plates at the front of their cars.

The proposed local bill would also require people who use car covers to figure out a way to make the license plates of covered cars similarly visible.

(Excerpt) Read more at personalliberty.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: cars; driveway; florida; nazi; parking; policestate
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To: NorthstarMom

The driving test here requires a long stretch of backing up in a straight line, and making a 3-point turn in the middle of a 2-lane road (without a hair’s-breadth of tire off the pavement). I guess they expect local drivers to do these things and want to make sure they can do it “safely.”


81 posted on 06/27/2015 4:35:50 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.)
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To: NorthstarMom

Why do fork lift trucks have steering on the rear axle?


82 posted on 06/27/2015 4:35:53 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Tax-chick

Pulling forward into a regular spot means backing out...at which time you could slow other drivers in the aisle.

Backing into a regular spot could slow other drivers in the aisle too.

No difference but the timing.

Separately, how did we end up talking about such silliness after the Supreme Legislature just completed a coup of our republic? Comic relief maybe.


83 posted on 06/27/2015 4:36:44 PM PDT by Principled (...the Supreme Court of the United States favors some laws over others...)
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To: Know et al

Outside the South, only a few states require only one license plate. Most require front and rear plates.


84 posted on 06/27/2015 4:36:48 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Paladin2

Actually run over backing accidents are too common.Too many have run over there own kids and if they backed in they probably would have seen the little tyke.
At Bell Tel if you didn’t back into a spot you should have parked on the street with the cones out.The cones force the driver to retrieve them when they leave forcing the driver to do a walk around.
If you didn’t back in or use the cones,you were suspended,Period

UPS may still have the same practice.At one time if they backed into something its a day off because they should not have been backing.


85 posted on 06/27/2015 4:37:37 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Principled

In both situations, we can’t do anything to change it. People are going to drive however they drive, no matter what I think about it, and the Supreme Court decisions are sitting there waiting to be enforced on us, no matter what we say.

We could exchange cat pictures ...


86 posted on 06/27/2015 4:38:07 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You know I don't find this stuff amusing anymore.)
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To: LukeL

“If a car is on private property it is of no business of anyone. Your car only needs tags if it is on a public road.”

Right you are! So Jacksonville will pass this law and they will get sued, and after making it tough on their own law-abiding citizens for a few years, some a$$hole in a black robe will finally get around to telling the city that their law is in conflict with state law. But those who were abused won’t likely get any redress.


87 posted on 06/27/2015 4:38:12 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Paladin2

Maneuverability?


88 posted on 06/27/2015 4:38:35 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Tax-chick
I hate it when people back into parking spaces.

I always back into my driveway. Makes it easier to get groceries out of my minivan. And I live in Jacksonville too. Uh oh...

89 posted on 06/27/2015 4:41:15 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: CGASMIA68

At low speeds and with a long overhang on one end (see p/u truck).


90 posted on 06/27/2015 4:42:44 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: paul544

“It’s not a blight if you can’t see the car.”

But if you leave your refrigerator (or any other household appliance) in your driveway, you will have to have it “licensed,”according to the article. Code Enforcement is the municipality’s answer to the Homeowners Association. They are both corrupt ways to get money out of residents. Both employ people who are leftovers from Nazi Germany!


91 posted on 06/27/2015 4:44:26 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: Libloather

hey after yesterdays SCOTUS ruling ...you can not make “backing it into the driveway” illegal now...it’s the law of the land


92 posted on 06/27/2015 4:45:26 PM PDT by tophat9000 (SCOTUS=Newspeak)
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To: GOPJ

Did you have any doubt?


93 posted on 06/27/2015 4:45:50 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: vette6387

True but your neighbor can and they are the douche bags that called zoning enforcement


94 posted on 06/27/2015 4:47:30 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Libloather
would make it illegal for residents to park their cars in any manner that prevents law enforcement from seeing their rear license plates from the street.

what about people that park the car in their garages?....you can not see the plate then

95 posted on 06/27/2015 4:48:24 PM PDT by tophat9000 (SCOTUS=Newspeak)
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To: Libloather

They can’t read the plates with automatic scanners that way.

I’m guessing.

Finally, some important laws! Good thing we have no other problems in the USA!


96 posted on 06/27/2015 4:50:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: CGASMIA68

I’ll take my chances.


97 posted on 06/27/2015 4:52:11 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: glorgau

That was my guess.


98 posted on 06/27/2015 4:52:34 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Know et al

Texas is one.


99 posted on 06/27/2015 4:56:35 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 ((VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!))
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To: Rebelbase

And screw the other guy thats not anticipating a car coming from that direction...


100 posted on 06/27/2015 4:56:44 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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