Court Says Using Chalk on Tires for Parking Enforcement Violates Constitution
Honestly paying for parking is an insult in the first place.<p>Here in MA to drive a car you have to pay.....<p>1. Sales tax, whether you bought the car out-of-state or not. This is calculated by the RMV and NOT by your bill of sale. So if MA thinks your $500 car is worth $3,000 you&#x27;re paying 6.25% of $3k.<p>2. Registration fees that go up every year. This pays for the 4 hours you have to sit at the RMV watching people who get paid $30&#x2F;hour help one person every 15 minutes.<p>3. Private insurance, which is required. Lots of out-of-state policies aren&#x27;t eligible, so we see ads on TV for competetive policies from Progressive, Geiko, ect yet nobody in MA is eligible to buy them. It&#x27;s worth it to note that state vehicles don&#x27;t need insurance as they are &quot;self-insured.&quot; So if you crash into a cop you or your insurance will pay 100% but if a cop crashes into you the town and its taxpayers get to pay 100%.<p>4. We have toll booths all over the fucking place yet we still have some of the worst paved road conditions in the country. Anyone who has visited Cambridge MA can attest to this.<p>5. We pay yearly excise tax on each vehicle to the town we live in.<p>6. Exorbiant state fuel tax (27th highest in the nation).<p>How much more can they charge us for infrastructure without actually having to invest anything on infrastructure? On top of property and income tax and sales tax and excise tax you&#x27;ve gotta pay $3 to park on a public street.....