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By Georga MSIIer
Cornhusker football fans who prefer
parking in any available space on game
days, can expect to. have their car towed
away this season, John Duve, university
Picking coordinator, announced.
Duve said that any vehicle b'ocking
traffic-or parked on lawns, sidewalks or
curbs will be towed.
Towed cars will be taken to the univer
sity holding lot, 1 100 N. 17th St. A towing
fee ranging from $10-$ 15 must be paid by
owners in order to retrieve their car.
In addition, Lincoln Police also will tow
cars to the 17th St. tot, according to In
spector Dean Leitner of the Lincoln Police
Uniform Division, which is in charge of
traffic control).
Last Saturday, during the Louisiana
State University game, 63 illegally parked
cars were towed away.
Leitner said that was fewer than expect
ed and credited good advance publicity
about the changed parking policy with
creating' 'tremendous cooperation from
the fans."
Property damage
Leitner also said that persons renting
parking spaces on grassy areas between
streets and sidewalks will be arrested. He
said that thousands of dollars in property
damage is done by cars parked on these
areas which is Lincoln city property.
Fraternities along 16th St. are the worst
offenders, Leitner said. He warned that
violators will be ticketed or even taken to
police headquarters.
"There is no reason for taxpayers to
have to pay for property damage for this
kind of parking," Leitner. said. "We can
move traffic a lot faster, more safely and
with less accidents if people would perk in
parking lots."
, Duve said tho university traffic regula
tions have always included the towing pro
vision, but because of the number of cars
around campus on game days, a tendency
not to enforce the rule prevailed.
. However, many unoccupied spaces in
lots on campus and the State Fairgrounds
easily could accomodate the illegally park
ed cars, Puvfc said.
6,000 spaces at fairgrounds
"I've never seen the fairgrounds half full
during games," Duve said. "There are
about 6,000 spaces otri there."
Duve said he counted 250 cars parked
illegally during last season's Oklahoma
State game which could easily have been
parked in campus lots, he said.
In the past. Campus Police helped pre
vent gate crashing and provided emergency
service. Now, with gate crashing instances
decreasing, more personnel can be used to
guard against parking violations. All
campus security personnel will concentrate
on citing illegally parked cars on game
days, Duve said.
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The decision to enforce the parking re
gulations was made last year, he said.
Notices of the parking crack-down were
sent to each ticket-holder and flyers sug
gesting legal parking places were placed on
illegally parked cars. ,
There were three main reasons for the
crack-down, according to Duve. One is that
illegally parked cars interfere with emer
gency ambulance and fire service.
- "There are approximately 75,000
80,000 people in the stadium on game
days," Duve said. "Emergency personnel
must often be dispatched to emergencies
like heart attacks, personal injuries and
fires during the game. We can't respond
when there are cars plugged in every
where." Another reason is property damage to
lawns, shrubs, steam tunnels and sidewalks.
Every year the Grounds Dept. must repair
damage caused by parked cars.
' "it's too bad the Grounds Dept. cannot
direct their efforts to new areas instead of
repairing old areas," Duve said.
The third reason was one of equity.
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"A student on campus could not expect
to park during the week like some visitors
on game day," he said. The problem ac
cumulated so that people expect to be able
to park on lawns. We feel that an individual
parking illegally should be treated equally
during the week as he is during the week
end," he said. .
Duve said all area 2 lots are open during
weekends. He recommended parking st the
National Guard Armory or State Fair
grounds. The Athletic Dept. sponsors a bus
from the fairgrounds and armory to tfw
stadium.
Parking spaces are also available at the
lots near 21st and Vine streets, lots on
17th St. near Hoidrege, and lots between
14th and 16th streets near W and Avery
streets, and 16th and 17th streets near Ne
braska Hall. '
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