So a few weeks ago, I went to a parking meter in the Grove and it would not take my money until I put my license plate number. So in the pouring rain I ran back to the car to read the plate, ran back to the meter and punched in the numbers.
This is something new the Miami Parking Authority (MPA) is doing. They request your plate number in order for you to pay for parking.
Many people don't like this, they feel it reeks of Big Brother. Even if you use the pay by phone feature, you're license is being used, so you are sort of being tracked.
Now this can be great for an alibi, but I've been hearing from people that they don't like it. I am not quite sure of the MPA's reasoning, but I see it as a selfish move, as people share the parking slips, you know, if there is time left, people hand the slip off to the next person. I have done this and I'm sure you have, too. I've shared my slip and I've received slips from people.
Now you cannot do it. Someone told me that they were going to punch a fake license number into the machine, fooling the machine, but if the plate number does not match the car, you'll be ticketed.
This is also killing a big business downtown for homeless people who I have seen collect the tickets that are not fully used and they sell them at a discount to people. So now their business is shot.
Just another day in Paradise.
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