Post ALJYYqjpH4Ak304WlU by TurboNormie@poa.st
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 (DIR) Post #ALJYYqjpH4Ak304WlU by TurboNormie@poa.st
       2022-07-09T12:03:38.653767Z
       
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       BANTS Protip: I've noticed that many private businesses and cities are now using "pay on the app" systems for parking in their surface lots. You can just not pay, you don't have to do it, it's that simple hahahaha.These parking companies either cannot afford or cannot staff their enforcement positions so no one is checking to see if you've paid or not.(Disclaimer: this probably won't work if it's a spot directly on a main street or a lot that is always very full. It's potentially high risk, low reward so pick your battles)
       
 (DIR) Post #ALJdLtvIcXPPvq5F4K by endlesspain@poa.st
       2022-07-09T12:57:21.938317Z
       
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       @TurboNormie BANTS addendum:Most parking boots can be defeated with bolt cutters and cordless drills.They are very simple devices, and often nobody is around to witness you removing the annoying nigger device.Or, if you're like me, a $30 tubular lockpick set, with which you can easily pick the boot off and then put it on the security vehicles.Just make sure you wear gloves in minecraft.
       
 (DIR) Post #ALJmDxnLF12lD6eRUG by AD2IEFDv55ezqONieO.Bunny@poa.st
       2022-07-09T14:36:45.419037Z
       
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       @TurboNormie I haven't paid at any of these and nothing's happened so big agree.Also haven't paid at any meter and so far no ticket. I don't think they have the meter maids as well staffed as they used to.
       
 (DIR) Post #ALK9AGVzzmxz3dkFpA by lord_of_shropshire@poa.st
       2022-07-09T18:53:48.510917Z
       
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       @TurboNormie I don't know how common it is in North America but a lot of companies here in the UK and parts of Europe have spent a fair bit of money on automated enforcement systems using ANPR cameras - especially the supermarkets. You have to enter your registration at a terminal and pay on your way out or they dispatch a "fine" to the address your vehicle is registered at. Some will refund your parking for 2hrs if you spend more than £5 in store - my guess is this technology will proliferate and become cheaper like CCTV and access control has over the last 20 years. Interesting to note that rural locations of these same supermarket chains don't bother. I have had exactly that thought though. I used to work at a fair few places with these mickey mouse parking operations who used to do enforcement on them but between reduced traffic volumes in the cities and the cost and shortage of labour I bet its not economical at the moment. I used to work at a fairly large office building in the outskirts of Birmingham and they had a parking warden and he was basically employed on the back of the revenue he could drum up for them. I bet he lost his job when the lockdowns happened. I drove past a few times and the car park was deserted.