Police use improved ticket-tracking system
The new tracking system helps the police enforce the existing university traffic and parking regulations and is not a policy change, according to Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration Neill Binford.
"The policy has been the same for many years," Binford said.
Under current rules, after four tickets are issued to an individual in a 12-month period, the fine triples. After five, a boot may be applied to the car until the fine is paid.
In the past, the number of tickets was tracked by hand, so students would often exceed the four-ticket limit without being assessed the additional penalties.
"Fifty-nine students had more than 10 unpaid tickets, and several hundred had five to 10. That's a problem for us," Binford said.
"People were just ignoring it. We'd track them if we could. Until recently, we weren't able to track them at all."
Now, though, students will face much quicker adjudication, as new hand-held computer terminals are being used.
A university committee has been formed to advise President Malcolm Gillis on issues of parking. The new committee will have three undergraduate students, two graduate students and faculty and staff members. The committee is chaired by Jones School Professor Wil Uecker.
Binford noted that the committee advises only on matters of policy; since this issue is a refinement in tracking techniques, it was not considered by the Parking Committee.
This item appeared in the News section of the September 1, 1995 issue.
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