Do pay stations have sensors that empty you meter time when you leave?

Asked by shimizu1006 (42

) December 26th, 2008 from iPhone

The city of LA recently installed pay stations on a commercial street in my neighborhood. They collect money and have an electronic timer time your stay. (It sucks because we have to pay on Sundays now:(. Anyway, does anyone know if these new ‘paystations’ have sensors that detect when you back out, and then erase the extra time you put in the meter?

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Are you talking about electronic parking meters? If so, the ones I’ve seen do not erase the time paid for when you leave. I’ve lucked into a few parking spaces that still had time left on the meter. Always feels like a bonus!

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Yah. Those things. I’ve run into a lucky situation where there was some extra time left over but I thought maybe the sensor didn’t catch it. Plus that’s the rumor that’s been going around.

shimizu1006 (42

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Some newer ones have sensors that erase the remaining time when you leave. You’d have to check / experiment in order to find out whether the ones in your area have them or not.

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