History time - The old Cincinnati Safety Lane

Years ago as I lived in Cincinnati, actually in the county, the City of
Cincinnati, forced you to have your car inspected every year. Just the
bare basic stuff they looked for to make sure your car was roadworthy.
Actually, it was a scam to take your money. As the City Fathers
demanded that just because you drove in the city regularly, you had to
have the sticker or you could be cited on it. More money making of
course.

After I got involved with a Law Enforcement Explorer Post, I kind of
starting digging up some information on this so called required
sticker. After a few years I just decided I wasn't gonna get one. I
wasn't a city resident.

Eventually I found the actual law. What was the sticker for actually?
To allow you to park on the city streets for 3 days or more. So what
did I care about this crapola? I said the hell with them and their damn
sticker. One time I got cited for not having the sticker. Went to pay
the thing and the clerk said I had to have my car inspected first.
Never paid the fine. Never got questioned about it.

A few years later, a little hell broke loose between the City and the
County. Several Cincinnati Police officers were found sitting on the
hill on I-74 as it leads into I-75. In the county section. They were
looking for the stickers on any car that went by them. Including out of
state cars. No sticker, you got cited. Period.

Well, the county big boys got after their case about this scenario.
Every City Council member was run through the computer, license plate
numbers were obtained and they were stopped any time they were found
outside of the city. I found out what was going on and let certain
people know about the law and how it was worded. It seemed like all of
a sudden that the safety lane was shut down and the cops went back to
being cops like they were supposed to be.

I was kind of wondering if any cities anywhere require similar stickers
to be displayed? This is outside of the state required sticker.
Of course, many cities have just made it simpler. No parking on city
streets between restricted hours. That way, city streets don't become
junk yards.

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