Video: Watch this NY police officer theaten to ticket someone for washing a car in their own driveway

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Even with the proliferation of digital cameras providing endless streams of seemingly irrefutable video evidence, there are still many sides of any given story that go unknown. And that is most likely what's going on with this video. What we do know is that YouTube user JokRKidd has a neighbor that really doesn't like him, and that he lives in a city with some questionable law enforcement. How questionable you ask? More questionable than the laws that used to make it illegal to park a pickup truck in the driveway of a private residence at night in Coral Gables, FL.

In Garden City, NY, there is apparently a village ordinance aimed at preventing people from washing their cars (and furniture) in public places. That doesn't sound terribly absurd, but what what takes things up a notch is these officers' judgement - their reading of the code about "public places" also includes washing vehicles on private property in public view.

In this video, a pair of police officers show up as two men are about to wash a Volkswagen Golf in a private driveway, but instead of a ticket, they get a free lesson in local laws. While the interpretation of the law - especially in regards to what is defined as a "public place" - is questionable at best, we're fairly certain that there's more going on here than a car wash and an angry neighbor. Scroll down to check out the video for yourself, and let us know what you think in Comments.Continue reading Watch this NY police officer theaten to ticket someone for washing a car in their own driveway

Watch this NY police officer theaten to ticket someone for washing a car in their own driveway originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 16 Dec 2013 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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[kby]

I live near here and I fucking hate the cops in that town. Like my town, private police force and the towns add ridiculous laws made by people that own business in area so they can profit.

In my town I was getting constant tickets for parking in my driveway(because my driveway has a sidewalk through it i cannot park on the sidewalk....), Not allowed to use my hose/water on odd days, etc...

Fuck these bullshit laws, I even had a "meter lady" come to my house saying someone complained when I just walked out of my car about 15seconds prior.

edit: Also to add, my town has a couple of employees drive around just to give out tickets. But you don't get them for days later in the mail. They also decided to come cut my tree and destroy it prior this year.