Apparently, San Francisco is starting a system of parking sensors in their parking spaces. The sales pitch is that motorists can be notified by their mobile when a space is available.
Sounds good if you're a fan of drivers reading text messages while driving. Or if you're a fan of watching road rage as drivers compete for the latest available spot. (Ah, the joys of driving ;)
On further inspection it seems the purpose for the sensors (no it's not compassion for motorists) is to signal the parking meter that the car has left, and the balance can be reset to zero. Result: no free parking by using someone else's unused time.
Hopefully the extra revenue for the city goes into public transport :)
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