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- ghee, on 01/09/2009, -0/+19u got prkin tix lol
- inactive, on 01/08/2009, -1/+15sound like it will be a good idea as long as the meter also warns you before you incur the ticket so you have more time to put money in. if not its just an ***** way to tell some one they got a ticket. the question is, if they put these in place how do they know your cel number to send the text?
- durruticolumn, on 09/18/2009, -1/+14
Wouldn't the courteous thing to do be to send a text message 15 minutes before it expires, so you have time to feed the meter or move your car? - Ninh, on 01/08/2009, -0/+10--- instead of just deducting the proper amount for continued parking.
- Barackalypse, on 01/09/2009, -0/+9Parking meters, where the Government leases back part of a road you already paid to build and maintain.
- RJ0534, on 01/09/2009, -0/+7"The police can go and sit in a café if they like and just pop out when they get a message to say a car is parked illegally."
1. Buy new parking meters
2. Pay police to sit in cafés
3. ????
4. Profit! - PhantomPhoenix, on 01/09/2009, -0/+7Wouldn't it be smarter to send them a warning message so they could get back in time and pay the toll?
- Munk3y, on 01/09/2009, -0/+5Their goal is for people to offend, so they can make money. Unfortunately, law enforcement isn't about stopping people from breaking laws anymore.
- Myonosken, on 01/09/2009, -0/+4Uh....how?
- smoger, on 01/09/2009, -0/+4FTA: motorists would pay the parking fee through their cell phones, and would receive a 5 minute warning before their time is up, at which point they could purchase more time via their phone. sounds like a really convenient system.
- smoger, on 01/09/2009, -0/+4if you read the article you'd know that the system described does allow for extension of time via cell phone, and in a lot simpler fashion than you crafted
- Gizza, on 01/09/2009, -0/+4I also doubt to pay to receive calls and messages. That seems to be a US luxury.
- Visarga, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3Here's a better way to do that:
The city should be zoned into 3 or 4 regions (color coded?). Parking price varies by region, from free in the outskirts and residential neighborhoods to expensive, in the crowded center area. A driver can park his car in any spot he wishes and then send an SMS with his car number and zone. A bunch of controllers go around the city and scan license plates to check if the drivers paid.
So, if you want to stay for 1 hour or 4 hours, you just need to SMS again for an extension. No ***** coin operated meters. Very elegant implementation using cell phones the drivers already have.
With the old parking meters, you need to specify the duration of your stay upfront. Suppose you need to wait in queue at the bank or the restaurant has a very slow day, you overshoot the time for 1 minute -> immediate punishment. What is this? A "guess your time" game? Put more time that you need -> loose money, put less time -> get a fine? What happened to paying for exactly what you used?
This is how the state emerges as the enemy of the people - abusive practices in the name of order. A greedy money grab. - MtheoryX, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3GODDAMMIT!!
You're the third person in top-level comments to make this mistake.
RTFA!! - darkvad0r, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3how about reading the article ?
- Dinsdale77, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3How hip are the French?
- smoger, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3..you pay to receive cell phone calls. im not saying i think that's right, just pointing out that you do pay both ways
- ultrafez, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3Are you lysdexic?
- linagee, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3In the US it's $0.20 per txt.
- darkvad0r, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3did you even read TFA?
- darkvad0r, on 01/09/2009, -1/+4did you read the article ?
- smoger, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3read the article
- twiztidsinz, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3Of course...
It's for the same reason you can be fined for putting money into a meter that's not your own: Their profit. - inactive, on 01/16/2009, -0/+2DUGG for the simple reason...
Here is a beautiful way to beat the system... just don't buy a ticket.
No traffic wardens and police in cafes...
If they want to grab money like this it's going to cost them... number plate recognition plus software etc etc just to keep track of parking.
Love it. - FlairSomewhere, on 01/10/2009, -0/+2"May even eliminate the need for wardens" so it not only warns you of potentially overstaying your free 20 minutes of parking, and could automatically send you a ticket to your house, but you can know that somewhere some dude is out of a job.
- duggdowncatisad, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2u didnt pay ur meter fine=50 dls
- MtheoryX, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2Or reading all the other comments above where the exact same mistake was already made?
- lukeyd2006, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2Westminster already do this, though they said a text message warning you if your payment is expiring.
- sirbeta, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2How about sending text messages to them 10 minutes before the meter runs out? Oh wait, they don't get the fine if that happens. What exactly is the point of this? You're going to find out when you check the meter anyway.
- inactive, on 01/16/2009, -0/+2
Oh wait. I don't have a car. - Gizza, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2Wouldn't the fact that you're guaranteed to get a ticket via this method if you park to long be a deterrent to parking there too long thus stopping people from breaking the law?
- globalthreat, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2Anything to make money.
- linagee, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2@Gizza: You'd think so, but no.
- Myonosken, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2I figure it'll have a warning system so people will gladly put in their number.
At a guess anyway. I suppose it also means tin foils can put in a fake number because BIG BROTHER, HIDDEN CAMERAS, DOG SPIES ETC. - DrLeePhD, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2you've never heard of halfbakery? (dot com)
- inactive, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2What technique!
- JamesBondJr, on 01/08/2009, -2/+4You have just been billed $1.00 for this parking space, and $0.05 for a txt message to this phone
- bluesman3535, on 01/09/2009, -1/+2Charles de Gaulle won WW2 single handed, with no help. He would not approve!
- tavallai, on 01/09/2009, -1/+2French pull a dick move on the Brits via parking meter technology? The 100 Years War is back, baby!
- NYConcepts, on 01/09/2009, -1/+2SACRE BLEU!
- netgeek06, on 01/08/2009, -1/+2truely agree two bills at a time.
- Travelpilot, on 01/08/2009, -1/+2Sometimes technology sucks.
- Krissam, on 01/09/2009, -1/+2That's what you get for having free local calls on your landlines for all these years!
texts are like 5 cents in dk... if you dont get them for free :) - WeylandYutani, on 01/09/2009, -1/+2Next they will be saying: ' EXTERMINATE!'
- BobFromReboot, on 01/09/2009, -1/+1This is after they install RF ids in all vehicles and in your brain.
- jerrykew, on 01/09/2009, -1/+1I think that the US market is quite screwed up and many commercial opportunities are being lost by the fact that you pay to RECEIVE text messages. In Europe it is the sender who pays, so people happily sign up to reminder services all the time. I suspect that the carriers will be loathe to change now, but it is very short sighted as there is far more text traffic in Europe.
The crazy thing is, who thought of it? You don't pay to receive phone calls or snail mail, so why text? -
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