Big Brother Coming Soon to a Parking Space Near You

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Scott en Aztlán - 27 Apr 2006 03:54 GMT

Reino Enforcement Technology <http://www.reinosolutions.com/> has
developed a "smart" parking meter called mPark. This parking meter
accepts credit cards as well as coins and, if you register with them,
the meter will send you a text message to your cell phone 10 minutes
before your meter expires so you can run out and feed it. Gosh, that's
durn nice of them, ain't it?

Of course, when your time expires, the meter can also send a message
to the handheld citation terminal of the closest meter maid so she can
maximize her productivity (and ticket revenue for the city). That
citation can then be efficiently processed via the company's ticket
processing and collection software.

What a great bunch of guys, eh?

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JohnH - 27 Apr 2006 04:51 GMT

How about we grow some BALLS and tell these city managers we're damn
tired of PARKING METERS - eh?

I submit parking meters are the single largest cause of inner city
blight.

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necromancer - 27 Apr 2006 04:52 GMT

> Scott en Aztlán:
> Reino Enforcement Technology <http://www.reinosolutions.com/> has
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> before your meter expires so you can run out and feed it. Gosh, that's
> durn nice of them, ain't it?

So why not just bill the credit card for the additional time?

> Of course, when your time expires, the meter can also send a message
> to the handheld citation terminal of the closest meter maid so she can
> maximize her productivity (and ticket revenue for the city). That
> citation can then be efficiently processed via the company's ticket
> processing and collection software.

Oh, that's why...

> What a great bunch of guys, eh?

Yeah, in a Caligula kind of way.

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gpsman - 27 Apr 2006 05:09 GMT

> Reino Enforcement Technology <http://www.reinosolutions.com/> has
> developed a "smart" parking meter called mPark. This parking meter
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>
> What a great bunch of guys, eh?

So... what's the problem...? You're against theft now, as long as it's
performed by vehicle?!

Drivers have to pay the city (the public) to park on some public
streets. Some drivers steal from the public by not paying for that
parking. They get ticketed for stealing... it's just called a
"parking" ticket.

This concept could be extrapolated to apply to speeding tickets. By
exceeding the speed limit your are occuping space you have no legal
right to, ie. stealing it from all law abiding drivers. In the event
of a crash, morally, you're up sh.t creek even if a Sloth changes lanes
directly into your fender. If you hadn't been speeding, you wouldn't
be there for him to hit in the first place.

Just a thot...
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- gpsman

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