In Alice Springs the local council has introduced a new by-law allowing it to impound cars that have been the subject of parking fines three times in a week. The Town Council says the by-law is a response to community concern (don’t they always?). The new provision is one of many included in new by-laws governing public places that were signed-off by the council earlier this week. The council's chief executive, Rex Mooney, says the by-laws will not be in place until the Local Government Minister approves them early next year. "This ensures that Council rangers have the power to actually either impound or to cause the vehicle to be moved on," he said.
This makes for some interesting enhancements to the hand-held devices that most Councils supply their parking inspectors. Presumably the devices (which are usually a one-way communication device, uploading details of the day’s parking infringements) are now a two-way device, with updates being provided, presumably on a 7-day rolling data series, of what cars have had parking fines in the past 7 days. And if a car moves three times in the same day and is giving a parking infringement each time?
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