[colechristensen]

The real reason is that you drinking a beer is easy to deal with at every level of escalation.

The homeless using drugs in the street are not.

[genter]

Same reason normal, middle class people in decent vehicles get pulled over for expired tags or burnt out brake lights, yet the shit boxes with 3 tires and a plastic bag for a windshield keep on rolling.

[steelframe]

One is likely to provide revenue to the local government. The other isn't.

[nilamo]

Revenue? I thought the goal was public safety...

[seattle_spring]

Ha! I actually let out a huge laugh when I read that. Good one.

[trafficante]

If this wasn’t a cynical joke, I sincerely beg you to cover your eyes, plug your ears, and never again ask how the sausage is made.

The older I get, the more I can empathize with Cypher from the first Matrix movie. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

[busterarm]

LOL. We actually have strong evidence that vehicle safety inspections do absolutely nothing to reduce accident rates and that's why 13 US states don't do them.

[thaumasiotes]

Why did you think that?

[hugocbp]

And yet, my level of danger to society is also close to zero.

This happened with me right after they reverted the pandemic decision to allow alcohol there and I didn't know. I was drinking in good faith like I did for several months when they allowed it during lockdown.

Still, it is very frustrating that the beer would warrant a couple of park rangers to approach and enforce, while just a few meters away someone was doing hard drugs visibly completely out of their minds and screaming at passer byes.