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Re: Parking again - paying by mobile

#2001
From: Nick Finnigan
Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:03
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On 25/11/2011 13:25, Zimmy wrote:
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> Then I got to thinking; the Parking Warden must look up the car on his
> portable computer as there is no ticket to stick on the windscreen when you
> pay by mobile. Therefore, there's no real reason why said portable computer
> can't also alert said Parking Warden to mobile-paid parking times about to
> expire, to ensure timely ticketing before the felon returns.

  Anything pre-pay could contact a central location and then alert the PW 
when a ticket is about to expire - might have a partial reg in some cases. 
Or the PW could note times in his PC as he proceeds around the parking areas.

> Maybe paying by mobile is not quite so handy after all or am I just a cynic?

  ... or not sufficiently paranoid.
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