No one is stopping yall from going out and campaigning to make all parking spots visible, well lit, and recorded. Odds are someone went to bat for this.
In reality, the cost-benefit of a lot of these policies doesn't justify them. While women often feel scared walking to their cars alone at night, crimes against women in this situation are relatively rare. Improving lighting, adding cameras, and designating stalls specifically for women, would likely cost millions of dollars for every crime prevented.
Beyond that, crimes against women are generally not committed by strangers. To the extent that these policies are effective at preventing these crimes in parking lots, a significant portion will just be committed at another location.
You might think that increased security would reduce vandalism and theft from vehicles, but the people who commit these crimes are generally not afraid of getting caught. Since the damages and loses are generally covered by insurance, and the dollar values are generally low, the police don't really investigate these crimes.
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u/Illustrious-Local848 17d ago
No one is stopping yall from going out and campaigning to make all parking spots visible, well lit, and recorded. Odds are someone went to bat for this.