The NYPD is using “Barnacles” to combat illegal parking. They are commercial-grade suction cups that latch onto the glass with 1,000 pounds of force, making forcible removal next to impossible.
@Rainmaker1973 Meanwhile they can't seem to stop people pushing other people in front of subway trains.
@unbaffle_me @Rainmaker1973 Subway attackers attack. The police prefer dealing with soft targets. The softest target is an inanimate object.
@unbaffle_me @Rainmaker1973 They could stand on a suction-cup train platform? (the worst thing in the morning is seeing the empty shoes and perpetrators stuck to that stupid thing)
@unbaffle_me @Rainmaker1973 It's easier to collect on minor offenses that are fine based than criminal charges so the government focuses on the low hanging fruit. It's like government sanctioned anarcho-terrorism.
@unbaffle_me @Rainmaker1973 Parked cars vs unpredictable act of violence that could occur anywhere in the city at any given time… shocking.
@unbaffle_me @Rainmaker1973 In many new meteo station, the shelter is closed and the doors open only when the train arrives
@unbaffle_me @Rainmaker1973 If only someone would invent safety barriers. Oh yeah, they exist in some countries.
@unbaffle_me @Rainmaker1973 Yea, there’s no money to be made for them in protecting innocent civilians from actual crime etc.