From: billnews2@cox.net   
      
   On 9/11/2015 9:24 AM, Charles Bishop wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   danny burstein  wrote:   
   >   
   >> In  David Scheidt    
   writes:   
   >>   
   >>> Such scams happen from time to time in the US.  A number of   
   >>> municipally owned parking lots in Chicago have signs that say   
   >>> something to the effect of "put your money in the ticket machine,   
   >>> anyone asking for it is scamming", and a friend had his car towed from   
   >>> a lot where he'd paid to park while attending a concert.   
   >>   
   >> Not always a complete scam.   
   >>   
   >> In NYC, for example, there are municpal parking lots where   
   >> you can pay the meter for an hour.   
   >>   
   >> One of which I frequently used.   
   >>   
   >> There would be people there who'd, for an extra dollar   
   >> a hit, would re-feed the meter for you so you could   
   >> stay in the lot longer.   
   >>   
   >> - every so often the city would put an actual traffic   
   >> agent there and ticket you if your car was there   
   >> longer than the hour even if the meter was reset.   
   >>   
   >> - under NYC rules you're supposed to move when the   
   >> time is up and refeeding the meter doesn't clear you.   
   >   
   > It's the same for the parking meters on the street in LA, CA, as well.   
   >   
   That's pretty standard.  One of the ideas behind having parking   
   meters isn't just to make money for the city*.  It is to keep   
   people from taking up the parking all day.  That way people can   
   park to get to their shopping or whatever.   
      
   *Money for the city doesn't hurt the powers that be.   
      
   Bill   
      
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