3/23/13 Philadelphia International Incident with Tinicum Police
Here's this month's episode of "pick on the young-looking Asian kid". I was parked on the side of Hog Island Road, well away from the edge of the road (and across the road from the fence), photographing Runway 27R arrivals at PHL. It's the same place everyone's been photographing from for decades. Two spotters I was with, left, and after about an hour, a Tinicum Township cop pulled up next to me. I looked at him, and he had his window shut, and he just looked to be staring at me. I looked away and then at him again, and again, nothing. I asked him if there was a problem, and he finally rolled down his window when he saw me talking. He said "there's no parking anywhere along Hog Island Road", and pointed forward. There are zero No Parking signs in that whole stretch (there are on the 9L side, 2 miles away), and about 5 police officers passed before that, without even slowing down (they are used to us being there). I didn't mention the fact that there were no No Parking signs there, but said everyone always parks here, and the police just pass by and are fine with it. To that point he said "have I seen you here?", and he loudly said "GO!". And so, I did. Too bad I wasn't parked 300 feet forward, where I would have been out of Tinicum and in Philly. Amazing, at an airport where usually, the only worry is falling asleep during the parade of USX RJs.