Philly Police Launch 'No Savesies' Campaign, But After Storm There's No Stopping It
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Last week, the Philadelphia Police Department launched a campaign reminding residents that "saving" a parking space after a snow storm is illegal.
In a few Philadelphia neighborhoods, residents say "savesies" is in full effect.
The effort was admirable.
Police shared an animated reminder:
But in reality, days after the storm, snow is everywhere and parking spaces are scarce.
"If you have to dig these cars out, for a couple of hours it takes you. I think that when you come back out of courtesy, if people see a space that's all done, they should not take it."
Frank lives in Kensington. It took him three hours to free his SUV, so he put a trash can in the space to save it for later.
Gregg: 'People respect that in this neighborhood?'
"In this neighborhood, yes they do," says a resident.
The best items to use: lawn chairs, trash bags, cinderblocks.
"Anything broken is fine, anything of value is foolish."
One guy put up a cardboard sign that says, "Take my space and I'll smash your windows."
"I mean that goes too far, but taking someone's space goes too far."
Police say it could take a while to tally the number of savsies complaints.
We don't need any more sequels in this series. Shovel and share - it's not worth fighting over. #NoSavesies pic.twitter.com/XhL94ZRJdW
— Philadelphia Police (@PhillyPolice) January 26, 2016
