Editor,
I would like to bring up a flaw with our parking regulations.
Why is it that we are required to supply information about the make, model, color and license plate of our vehicles to the Parking and Transportation Services Department in order to get a parking permit, but parking services only uses that information to bill us when we are in violation of a rule?
Twice this semester, I have forgotten to put my permit for the Zia Lot out on my dashboard, and both times I have been charged the $15 fine. In this era of technology, why can't the parking enforcement officers use the information that I have provided them to check that I did indeed purchase a valid parking permit?
For the $66 that it cost, I believe that the parking department should be a bit more reasonable to people like me who may be a bit ditsy and once in a while forget to put out the little piece of plastic. If parking enforcement officers can find me to charge me the $15 and put holds on my school accounts, they should be able to scroll down on their computer screens to see that I am in fact allowed to park where I did.
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Christina Conticelli
UNM student
