And here I thought those "photo enforcement" radar vans were brazen revenue-enhancement devices.
In Washington DC, you can get a ticket for parking in your driveway (and no, we're not talking about having the end of your car blocking the sidewalk).
It turns out that D.C. has an odd, obscure law stating that the land
between the front of your house and the street, otherwise known as your
driveway and front yard, falls under a bizarre classification known as
“private property set aside for public use.” Essentially, though owners
have to pay for its maintenance and upkeep (they can be fined if they
don’t), it’s considered public property. Which apparently means that,
technically, you can’t park your car on it. The city recently dusted
off the law, and began writing parking tickets if any part of a
resident’s car is parked between the front facade of their house and
the street, even if it’s parked in the driveway.
