Talk:Disc parking

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I don't quite understand the purpose of these clock-face apparatuses. Are they to facilitate time limit enforcement? If so, what is to proclude a person from resetting it during a vehicle's (over)stay in a parking place? LorenzoB (talk) 05:40, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's merily illegal to reset - however if nobody's watching over then it is hard to control. Some people use lunch time to check the car - only heard of one time that they got a ticket for resetting the clock disc on having bad luck with a policeman to stand nearby that day. Guidod (talk) 20:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, and perhaps you need to understand that disc parking is the easiest level of enforcing parking limitations. It happened that the automobilist clubs (ADAC) were the behind the system to be introduced in order to avoid the more expensive parking limitation systems (parking meter etc). Overstaying in a disc parking lot is not expensive either - about 10-20 EUR or so (in Germany), and same goes for resetting. If some countries do not have that system then they really miss a good option. Guidod (talk) 20:33, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In Denmark the parking observers photograph the vents on the tire for position - they used to mark the tires with chalk, but as they are not allowed to interfere with the parked vehicle this is no longer a go - but with the terminals being equipped with a camera, they then can "shoot" the vents position, and come back later and see if the car has been moved, or if it is only the disc.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zartox (talk • contribs) 06:52, 12 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Possible automation solution[edit]

Here is a somewhat confusing translated patent relating some what to parking but not to a direct reading clock system.

http://www.google.com/patents/DE20219783?cl=en

I am considering making a motorised clock that will keep time when it is shaken about with car motion. After a minute of no motion it will advance the clock to the next half hour and stop until the clock is shaken about again, when it will advance to the correct time.

If the unit is reliable and intended to prevent forgetfulness and not to extend parking times is it likely to be illegal in any county automatically or only if it is abused?

Idyllic press (talk) 21:11, 3 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The text says "thus when the driver leaves the car the time at which the final movement is detected will accurately represent the time at which the vehicle was parked.". This is perfectly legal as you would not be trying to extend the parking time. I am not sure though that the parking attendents will make that difference - if they see a motorized clock then they'll try with a fine. You may have a good defense in legal matters but how often do you want to do that. It would swallow more time than you would save from avoiding to set the time manually everytime you leave the car. Guidod (talk) 09:35, 4 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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