Student Interviews

By: Demiel Lachin

1. Do you have a parking permit? If yes, then would you park here illegally if you knew you would get away with it? If no, then do you park in the parking lot anyways?

• After interviewing these 30 students, 21 of these students had parking passes
• Out of the 21 that had the parking pass, 12 of them said they would park here illegally if they knew they would have gotten away with it
• Out of the 7 that didn't have parking passes 5 of them said they park here anyways

2. Do you feel it's safe to have your car in the parking lot?

• After asking this question 24 of the students said they don't feel safe with their car being in the parking lot.

3.How many times a day do you think the campus security make their rounds around the parking lot?

• 9 of the students think that they make their round only one time a day
• 6 students believe they make their rounds 2 times a day
• 9 students thought they make their rounds 3 times a day
• 6 students thought they make their rounds 4 times a day

4. If you were campus security, what would you do if you found a car with no parking permit?

• 24 of these students said they would give tickets to the people who parked illegally.
• One said they would tow the cars
• One said they would write the license plate down and then later on ticket them.

5. Can you think of a better solution? Students gave a variety of answers to this question.

• One said they should have a person standing in the front and you have to either pay there or just show your parking pass and then you will be let in.
• Another said they should have a machine that scans your pass to let you in.
• Some said that there should be more campus security and they should check the parking lot more often.
• Some said to just let everyone park free.