High-Tech Parking Meters

Whatever you do, don’t tell the parking hornets in Toronto about new technology called the PhotoViolationMeter that apparently uses a combination of sensors, photography and wireless technology to create a parking metre that self-enforces itself. According to Photo Violation Technologies Corp., this new-fangled meter can generate more than five times as much revenue as current on-street meters. Given how enthusiastic the army of parking hornets are in Toronto, the last thing they need is new technology that sucks in more of my cash. Photo Violation’s corporate slogan is “Perfecting How People Park” but it really should be “Perfecting How City Issue Parking Tickets”. Bad technology, bad!

 

 

 

Crazy Drivers

What is it about bad weather and how people drive in Toronto. Normally, people are far too aggressive, drive too fast and propel themselves through yellow and red lights as if it’s their right to get where they want to go as quickly as possible. When inclement weather comes (rain, snow, etc.), the troubling part is there is no change in this behaviour. Do people go slower? No. Do people resign themselves to taking more time to get to their destination? No. Rather than the police pulling over people like me for not having an updated permit (totally my fault, by the way), they should focus on people cut drive too fast and switch lanes like they’re driving in the Indy 500.