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Chicago motorcyclists concerned about parking kiosks

November 1, 2006

Chicago-Sun Times: Now that "pay-and-display" parking kiosks, credited with easing the downtown parking crunch, are coming to Chicago's commercial strips, a question arises: What about motorcycles? On a motorcycle, there is no place to secure the receipt to prove that you paid to park.

"What's to stop the guy in the car behind me from pulling up and taking the receipt off the motorcycle and putting it on his window? You could tape the receipt to your bike. But what happens if it's a windy day?" said Dan Harper, state legislative coordinator for ABATE, Illinois' leading motorcycle rights organization.

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