What a retarded law.
What’s next? Are they going to start checking your house at night to make sure you didn’t forget to lock your front door... and then fine you if you did? After all, that’s inviting theft!
Maybe so - there are a lot of them, and many agencies in the country seem to want to 'protect us from ourselves'. So do you obey only the ones that aren't retarded?
A car running unattended in any neighborhood is at-risk for theft or vandalism. Imagine how that is amplified in a high crime area, where the temptation of a warm car reaches out to a ne'er-do-well or homeless thief.
Have I ever done it? Sure. May do it again sometime, for a minute or two. But, then I will be doing something that's becoming more and more rare: Accepting responsibility for my actions. If I'm ticketed because of a retarded law or my car is stolen and used in a robbery or is involved in an accident that injures someone, you won't see me complaining about a stupid law on FaceBook.