@#%#@% Parking Meters
Mar. 15th, 2006 12:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mythtellerOwning a car means I must have an opinion about Parking Meters, especially the new ones being installed downtown. Personally, I don't mind the new ones. I find that if you do get a bad parking ticket, you can use your receipt to fight the ticket in court. And the new Meter system is easy to use, so I don't get the fuss about that.
My main beef is that you can't have leftover money in the meter. If you pay for two hours (expires at 7:30pm) and come out to feed the meter at 7:15, it doesn't take into account that you have 15 minutes left from your first deposit (your new payment starts at 7:15 instead of being tacked on at 7:30pm).
This has to be illegal. If you pay $20 for an hour-long service, and at the 45 minute mark you decide to extend it by 30 minutes, they company can't recharge you for the 15 minutes you haven't yet used (which means you are actually get 15 minutes for the price of 30)!
Of course, this would mean I'd have to fight City Hall and they say you can't find City Hall. But maybe an organized meeting, petition, and some legal action might get something accomplished. I'm not trying to abolish Parking Meters, but the should at least operate within the limits of the law.
Here's some info on how the new meters actually work:
Challenge - hacking Montreal's parking meters
Complaints about the New Meters
My main beef is that you can't have leftover money in the meter. If you pay for two hours (expires at 7:30pm) and come out to feed the meter at 7:15, it doesn't take into account that you have 15 minutes left from your first deposit (your new payment starts at 7:15 instead of being tacked on at 7:30pm).
This has to be illegal. If you pay $20 for an hour-long service, and at the 45 minute mark you decide to extend it by 30 minutes, they company can't recharge you for the 15 minutes you haven't yet used (which means you are actually get 15 minutes for the price of 30)!
Of course, this would mean I'd have to fight City Hall and they say you can't find City Hall. But maybe an organized meeting, petition, and some legal action might get something accomplished. I'm not trying to abolish Parking Meters, but the should at least operate within the limits of the law.
Here's some info on how the new meters actually work:
Challenge - hacking Montreal's parking meters
Complaints about the New Meters
