I guess I can kind of understand why they do it, even though I rarely drive my vehicles. There is just too many people in too small of a place and they have to park somewhere right? I think the government does a poor job of addressing this because the officials don't have this problem: They are rich and powerful so if they want to park somewhere, they normally have the police move other things for them. Therefore, it is impossible for them to relate to the problems of the common man.