>>>>Finally, for your reading pleasure, yet another example of what happens when government doesn't get its fix: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/lawsuit-robin-hoods-pay-strangers-expired-meters-article-1.1344798
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>>>I actually read about that yesterday. The city is wrong on that in so many ways it's funny...ha
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>>If you think it's funny, try telling it to the junkie government that's not getting its fix. From its POV its actions are 100% logical. Not to mention they get to use taxpayers' money to pursue the suit, it's a no-lose situation.
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>Over here the car would be marked on first round, checked again after max time expires and get a ticket even if the meter was filled up again without moving the car. No sweat for Gov over here - only loosing out on the chance to drag it through court ;-)

Here, cars haven't been "marked" (e.g. chalk on tire) for a long time - people just wipe it off. We have camera cars instead, which causes problems of their own with the letter of how laws are written: http://www.nsnews.com/news/West+Vancouver+backs+down+tickets/7977388/story.html