http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/ Engadget Comments for U.K. town rolls out "intelligent" 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/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Kudos Engadget, Its really nice for us British readers to see 'localized' gadget news for the UK.

I live just next door in West Sussex, maybe we'll see these machines fairly soon....]]>Oct 5th 2007 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/
Call me naive but does enough money really get stolen out of these things to warrant 3 grand a throw?]]>Oct 5th 2007 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/
Although I have to say the last time I used a parking meter somebody forgot their change so it gave me an extra £1.50 back!]]>Oct 5th 2007 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 6th 2007 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/
Parking Citations without Representation!]]>Oct 5th 2007 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/
Also...... SIM Card? ok. lets call the cops to inform them I'm being robbed. It's easier (and cheaper) add a car alarm thing to it. Make a loud noise and scare the really desperate thief who is stealing from a parking meter. ]]>Oct 5th 2007 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/6577509.stm

This second story is about a shooting between rival gangs over the rights to steal from parking meters...it's bigger business than you think.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1486831.0.albanians_shot_rival_over_parking_meter_theft.php]]>Oct 7th 2007 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/
...riiiight, because the old stick-in-the-ground set such a high standard for that.]]>Oct 5th 2007 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/
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What would be really cool: sensors under the parking spaces, so the meter can call up the Meter Maids to give a ticket. I think that's their long-term plan for increased parking revenue.]]>Oct 5th 2007 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 5th 2007 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 7th 2007 7:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 8th 2007 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/05/u-k-town-rolls-out-intelligent-parking-meters/Oct 9th 2007 1:23PM