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Making it illegal to sleep in your car is simply punishing people for being poor.
Zach supported: Stop Idaho’s Anti-Survival Law (SB1141)I was so excited when I bought my car and learned it was great for car camping. It seemed like an easier way to explore the outdoors with my daughter affordabley. Some recent graduates are choosing to live in cars to more quickly save money to buy a home due to the high cost. If you wouldn't want to end people legitimately car camping or thrifty youth from living in their car while saving for a home, you have to ask yourself why you would want to end it for people who have been hit by hard times. I'd think whenever possible we'd prefer someone to living in a vehicle than on the street so they're protected from the elements. This is government overreach.
Dawn supported: Stop Idaho’s Anti-Survival Law (SB1141)Back in 2019, I was a field engineer and wasn't homeless per se, but it was just that in some areas, it's much easier to camp out near my worksite instead of driving an hour to the nearest hotel.
Even though I've now put that life behind me and have an apartment, I still have a friend that's working in that industry here in the Treasure Valley, and his situation is even worse: He has to pay rent and utilities back to a place he only visits one weekend a month in Minnesota, and pay off 3 cars, especially since one of them died out and he has to finance another car.
I also cordially invite any local to try the lowest priced hotels in Boise, and REALLY let it beg the question of how someone who might be a bit down on their luck spend $60 a night there; it may be better than the streets, but I'd rather sleep in the car than to give some hotels by the airport another chance. Even on a news article about the subject matter, many people have spoken out against it, especially since there's not enough resources for the people that do need more assistance, so why make a bill for something that's not ready for anyone?
Ed supported: Stop Idaho’s Anti-Survival Law (SB1141)I spent almost a year homeless in Idaho too and I'm a contractor with a dog I could not just go to a shelter nor would I want to most are mentally off and sorry I wasn't going to be around that. I simply needed sleep and grap showers at truck stops and gyms ECT. The river was my friend and yes being I that position the cops make you feel like a criminal just for existence never was there drugs nor drink involved why I was in my situation a man with a normal former home and kids and a wife cars and boats but life landed me there this law is ridiculous and would hurt a lot of real struggling people that need to feel safe and just want to work and love in there car until money can be saved.
Jeffrey supported: Stop Idaho’s Anti-Survival Law (SB1141)absolutely absurd law. this is an inhumane law and will endanger EVERYONE'S life. If someone is tired and falling asleep at the wheel, they must be able to pull over somewhere and sleep so as not to endager the live of others, themselves and their helpless passengers. i have found myself falling asleep at the wheel before and if i didnt pull over to nap at a gas station, people would have been seriously hurt. this law also criminalizes homelessness which is just outright callous and cruel and no empathetic understanding intelligent human would support such a thing. we should not be punishing the most vulnerable and least priveleged of us. homelessness can happen to anyone. what part of depriving people of one of the most basic necessasities required to function properly and survive is considered to make boise safer? or considered to help these people out of the positions they find themselves in? it is thoughtless, careless, despicable and frankly disgusting that anyone would even consider passing a law such as this.
mark supported: Stop Idaho’s Anti-Survival Law (SB1141)This law is horrendously sweeping and overall provides no actual framework to stop what it’s aiming to prevent. It’s just a bandaid to patch what the State would deem an eyesore instead of going after root-causes. This hurts everyone. During long drives, it is imperative to take breaks. Pulling over for a quick nap restores vital alertness that provides safety, not only to the driver, but to everyone else on the road.
Commercial truckers that are often seen pulled off safely on the side of the road are not only practicing safety through self awareness, but are saving Idahoans money. Any additional costs incurred on their journey will be passed on to us within the State which means higher prices for everything.
Fabian supported: Stop Idaho’s Anti-Survival Law (SB1141)As somebody who has had to sleep in their car while in the process of moving this bill is unlawful to the people of idaho without the recourses to live in a real home. We cannot make homelessness illegal because that would mean turning our back on citizens who are less fortunate than others
Joe supported: Stop Idaho’s Anti-Survival Law (SB1141)By banning, it doesn't help the less fortunate and if anything just puts them in worse predicaments that could lead to violence out of desperation. Our police should be focused in real criminals and crime, not extorting money for fines from those who have nothing.
Jovanny supported: Stop Idaho’s Anti-Survival Law (SB1141)This law is heartbreaking and dangerous. Everyone deserves a safe place to rest, and criminalizing people for simply existing in public when they have nowhere else to go only pushes them further into crisis. Now cities face a $10,000 fine per violation if they don’t enforce this, putting an enormous burden on larger cities where the housing crisis is most severe. This doesn’t solve homelessness, it punishes people and communities already stretched to their limits. We need housing, services, and compassion, not punishments and fines.
Ysabel supported: Stop Idaho’s Anti-Survival Law (SB1141)I can't imagine having to be in this type of situation. But it could be any of us, especially with rising living costs and stagnant wages. We don't need to make people's lives harder when they are already having to live with being unhoused.
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