I can't see how this law will stand.  There must be a lot of people who have
pickup trucks with caps.  What will the cops do if the caps have curtains,
and they can't see if you have a bed inside or not.  My pickup always has a
mattress inside, even though I use it for work.  My syncro has the Z-bed.
Wonder if that counts?  Only if unfolded?  What if I roll up my sleeping
bag?  Store it out of sight?

I would guess that this is an another attempt to create a gray area where
the cops get to use their judgement.  Most people probably won't get
hassled.  But if you and your van/pickup/whatever look scruffy, you will.

---snip
Officer Roland Holmgren, a spokesman for the Oakland Police Department, said
any new law will be enforced according to priority, the same as usual.
"Officers are still going to respond according to priorities, and priority
No. 1 in this town is protecting people's lives," he said.
--snip

So how do you feel about trusting that some cop won't ticket you for having
a van?

Ray

On 12/12/07, Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> >Cambridge (Boston) is another city that basically disallows parking
> >of any cars in any streets (very few exceptions), except in front of
> >your own property. Been there a couple of times and it was a PITA.
> >As a visitor of that city I found I hated that city so bad that I
> >am so glad that I will never need to go there again.
>
> Christchurch (New Zealand) has a bylaw stating toat NO cars are
> allowed to be parked on the streets at any time. asinine or what?
> This may be a law from back in the earliet days of cars and which has
> never been repealed. Obviously it is not enforced, and very few
> people know it exists... probably even the cops.
>
> Nazis rule...
> --
> Andrew Grebneff
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
> Fossil preparator
> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
> � Opinions stated are mine, not those of Otago University
> "There is water at the bottom of the ocean"  - Talking Heads
>