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Originally Posted by ken0042
1 person, no it wouldn't make a difference. But in a lot of 1000 cars; if 20% of them are backwards that is a lot more paperwork and legwork. Meaning "Robovan" isn't making other patrols, or they need to just do foot patrols again; which means a portable way for the officer to check if somebody has paid.
The automated system works by a computer being able to read a license plate. Take that away, and you have a glitch in the system.
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I see your point, but there's no way 20% of all cars would ever do this. Hell, I'd be impressed if 5% of drivers could safely back into a stall without knocking off mirrors.
I realize we're all outraged because this is new and we're on the internet, but it's $3. Yes over time that will add up, but in a few weeks nobody will be talking about this and it will just be put out of peoples minds.
The city raised prices to park downtown not too long ago as well and people flipped out and pledged that they'd find alternate ways of doing things as people tend to do. Every time transit tickets rise in cost people run to the web polls and vote with fury that they are done with Calgary Transit, yet the numbers of riders don't seem to change.
My overall point to this is that I think everybody who is fuming over this issue is falsely assuming that everybody else is on board with them. This is just a case where a small section of the population is being significantly louder than the rest in my opinion.