FINE for Parking!

   You can't go much more than a block
anywhere these days without seeing a
sign.
    I'm not talking about advertising
billboards or those election posters (some
of which have been on display since last
year's primary).
    I'm thinking of those "Mom type"
regulatory signs. You know...the ones
that tell you what you're suppose to do....
or.....not do. But they aren't from Mom!
     In most cases wisdom suggests you're
better off following those directions. Take
for instance, the signs that alert you to the
fact you may be turning onto a One Way
Street (the wrong way!).
      Of course it's important to correctly
interpret the sign you're seeing! "Fine For
Parking" does not mean it's a good spot!
      I especially love the one that reads
"15 Minute Parking. Strictly Enforced."
But what if it only takes me 10 minutes
to shop? Do I have to sit there for another
5 to avoid getting a ticket?" And, if you
did, what would the charge be? "Under time
Parking?"
     I ran across an interesting one the other
day while out for my daily walk.
     It read Railroad Crossing. I was thinking,
as I walked over the tracks, that some vehicles
such as School Buses and Fuel Tankers are
required to come to a complete stop as they
approach those crossings.
     Then I wondered who would come
looking for those students or how many home
might run out of oil if the drivers headed this
way took time to follow the rules.
     For while the tracks still crossed the street
and the sign stood where it's been for probably
20 years or more, the rails disappeared into
think brush on one side of the street and into
a grassy lot on the other.
      Heck the last train that rolled across these
tracks was probably steam powered and
engineered by Casey Jones!
      There's a moral here! Don't believe everything
you read! And that, by the way, includes those
left over political signs!
       Hope you'll use up all 15 minutes
parking and that all your NEWS is good!