http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/ Engadget Comments for More cities using personal parking meters http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/Jun 2nd 2008 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 3rd 2006 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 3rd 2006 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/
Wait, it's an infraction to use someone's extra time? God forbid a city is only able to collect for the number of hours in a day.]]>May 3rd 2006 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 3rd 2006 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 3rd 2006 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/-privacy concerns
-magnet for theft and broken windows (hanging from your rearview mirror? please!!)
-looks ugly hanging there
-bet we would have to buy the f**king things too
-what do tourists do?
-whats to stop someone from making a hack that sends out the right signal and hanging that from their rearview

Rita makes enough money, and should have to do some work for it, which includes looking on the dashboard for the ticket, or looking at the meter to ensure there is still time.

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I give hackers about 2 weeks to come out with the workaround for having the system say you just arrived even after 3 days of parking ;)

Not to mention that no one is to stop someone from hacking into your system and steal any information that might be stored there... like credit card, acc. #, etc.

Why not stick with something simple -- like an ATM like machine that stands on the corner, takes cash or credit, prints out a ticket for you that you need to place in your windshied, does not really invade your privacy, costs a lot less and is less prone to abuse? Tech for tech's sake... have fun Buffalo]]>May 3rd 2006 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/
That's also why it's illegal to fill someone else's meter.]]>May 3rd 2006 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 3rd 2006 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 3rd 2006 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 3rd 2006 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 3rd 2006 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/Actually nowadays they are promoting the switch to a mobile based payment system (where you call when you arrive and leave), and you get a discount if you trade in such a device.
I have heard on hacked versions, which are supossedly for sale, and report that everything is working, but don't substract money from your card. ]]>May 4th 2006 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 4th 2006 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 10th 2006 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/May 13th 2006 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/03/more-cities-using-personal-parking-meters/Aug 7th 2006 9:52AM