sneeze-slayer t1_jaal13c wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:18 AM

NYC has a law that diesel engines can't idle for more than three minutes. If you are caught idling for longer, it's a rather large fine. The problem is so widespread there that the path they took is that civilians who submit video clips (3+mins of idling with a shot of plates) get a cut of the fine. If Philadelphia were to do something like this with these grevious parking infractions I guarantee they would plummet.

kingerthethird t1_jab62h0 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 3:59 AM

I kinda like the idea of ticket bounties.

I doubt your every day citizen is going to go out of their way to, for lack of a better term, police infractions (sure, you'll always have "that guy"), they would likely just get the people really causing issues. Plus, just build the price of the bounty into the fine...

sneeze-slayer t1_jacfu2u wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:04 PM

I think the reports in New York get 25% or so of the fine levied on offenders.