01-17-2017, 04:12 PM
Parking, in this case, is something meted out on the basis of being in the area for only a couple hours if you want it to be free. Part of that exchange is that you follow through on not being there, and this system merely enforces that.
As is, the system can be very unobtrusive. It takes a plate and assigns it a geographic marker, no need for the plate to ever be referenced against any associated personal details. The next go-around, it takes a second look at plates, changing some GPS locations from "occupied by plate ABCD 123" to "empty", others from "empty" to "Occupied by plate 123 ABC", and when it comes across a GPS parking location where it attempts to submit the same plate within a 2h limit, only then does it either have the driver pull over and manually perform the ticket-writing-task, or else send the data for submission for a mailed ticket.
Sometimes, I feel privacy goes too far. Someone took my partner's bag while at the mall, and despite knowing we were under cameras throughout the mall, Cadillac-Fairview refused to look at them to see who stole from us.
As is, the system can be very unobtrusive. It takes a plate and assigns it a geographic marker, no need for the plate to ever be referenced against any associated personal details. The next go-around, it takes a second look at plates, changing some GPS locations from "occupied by plate ABCD 123" to "empty", others from "empty" to "Occupied by plate 123 ABC", and when it comes across a GPS parking location where it attempts to submit the same plate within a 2h limit, only then does it either have the driver pull over and manually perform the ticket-writing-task, or else send the data for submission for a mailed ticket.
Sometimes, I feel privacy goes too far. Someone took my partner's bag while at the mall, and despite knowing we were under cameras throughout the mall, Cadillac-Fairview refused to look at them to see who stole from us.