So last night we had a long discussion on the booting process of Provo. We all disagreed about the way that they did it. Here are our main arguments:
1. We are poor college students and really can't afford a $50-$75 fine to take off a boot so we can go home.
2. Especially in the Spring/Summer terms at BYU there is more than enough parking space for every complex. Booting because of not having a parking sticker in a lot that has more than enough space to park in seems very unethical.
3. The appeals process is ridiculous. You have to appeal to the same company who gave you the boot. They are obviously not going to void any fine because they themselves would loose money. The appeals should be taken care of by a third party.
The rest of the conversation was all about how we hated the system and that it was so unethical. We pointed out that the city of Provo said about six months ago that they were going to change the policy but then never did, and that it was a shady thing because the city makes money off of the boots too.
We talked about the different things that we could do to change the way things work. Someone suggested that we find out who all the workers are who give the boots and exploit them by taking pictures of them and posting their info on the internet or something. Then someone pointed out that it had already been done and the company sued the person for violation of privacy. We also talked about buying a boot and when we saw a booting guy booting, we would run up and boot his car and tell him to pay us to take it off. We talked about petitioning at city hall and getting some celebrities to come endorse our efforts, but that would require a lot of angry people and most people just don't care that much.
We talked about a lot of other ways we could get back at the booting industry, but all of our ideas were not realistic. It seems like our only hope is one man who lives in Provo, but is suing the companies up in northern Utah in a federal court. If he wins then he will sue down here and will win here. If that happens then we may see a change of policy on booting.
1. We are poor college students and really can't afford a $50-$75 fine to take off a boot so we can go home.
2. Especially in the Spring/Summer terms at BYU there is more than enough parking space for every complex. Booting because of not having a parking sticker in a lot that has more than enough space to park in seems very unethical.
3. The appeals process is ridiculous. You have to appeal to the same company who gave you the boot. They are obviously not going to void any fine because they themselves would loose money. The appeals should be taken care of by a third party.
The rest of the conversation was all about how we hated the system and that it was so unethical. We pointed out that the city of Provo said about six months ago that they were going to change the policy but then never did, and that it was a shady thing because the city makes money off of the boots too.
We talked about the different things that we could do to change the way things work. Someone suggested that we find out who all the workers are who give the boots and exploit them by taking pictures of them and posting their info on the internet or something. Then someone pointed out that it had already been done and the company sued the person for violation of privacy. We also talked about buying a boot and when we saw a booting guy booting, we would run up and boot his car and tell him to pay us to take it off. We talked about petitioning at city hall and getting some celebrities to come endorse our efforts, but that would require a lot of angry people and most people just don't care that much.
We talked about a lot of other ways we could get back at the booting industry, but all of our ideas were not realistic. It seems like our only hope is one man who lives in Provo, but is suing the companies up in northern Utah in a federal court. If he wins then he will sue down here and will win here. If that happens then we may see a change of policy on booting.
posted by Mark at 4:31 PM
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