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The "there will be more car fines" argument is directly disputed in the article. The city is making this change because people are mad about the current car fines. The "centerist" local goverment is siding with their far right on this matter.
You think car fines going up is a selling point the city goverment is going to abuse? If anything, if the amount of fines goes up the law will just be relaxed more and more until its just whats its clearly set out to be : no actual pedstrian rule at all.
I see your point. I was thinking about fining just the assholes who obstruct sidewalks beyond the tolerated minimum. I think there is a middle way to make that work and maybe even turn a profit. But that's not a great additional argument from me. It might need a federal regulation change. They could introduce a hefty fine for parking in such a manner that a wheelchair user could not safely use the sidewalk as a result. One can dream.
I don't follow your relaxed law logic. The law was not enforced before and would be more tightly enforced under this plan.