Deputizing Citizens as Parking Meter Snitches? There's an App for That
Austin, Texas Explores Photo Parking Snitch Tickets
11-11-2011 • The Newspaper
Residents of Austin, Texas may soon have the power to issue parking tickets by taking a few photographs of someone else's car with their smartphones. A unanimous council voted on October 20 to explore the concept of deputizing vigilante meter maids using an iPhone app. Disabled advocates pushed the program at the council meeting in the hopes of guaranteeing easier parking. They were joined by others who were just interested in writing the $511 tickets.
The non-profit group Parking Mobility, created by George Soros-funded organizations, created the Android, Blackberry and iPhone parking ticket app which encourages cities to adopt the program because they can "generate revenue." The system requires a person take three photographs of the alleged violator -- one of the license plate, one of the windshield and one showing the car and the handicapped parking sign. The software sends the photos and the GPS location to the city so it can issue the expensive ticket.
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Reported by Powell Gammill
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Permalink Reply by LYNN SHEDLER on
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Since when did a parking ticket cost $511.00? That is outrageous!!! And yes, low income families can't afford that amount. This isn't speeding we're talking about it's a Parking Ticket. Hanicapped parking is just what it says on the pavement - Handicapped Parking. Any one without a big sticker in the wind shield should be ticketed, but that cost is a little out of control; don't you think?
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Permalink Reply by DTOM on
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Early proposals from Austin City Manager's office for the new photo informant parking enforcement and revenue collection program, reveal that volunteers will be known as 'Smartphone Ticket Application Sanctioned Informants'.
Those who sign up to the program and report more than 5 violations, will receive an official badge (pictured) and could qualify for financial bounties.
If the program proves successful, citizen volunteers could be entrusted with further revenue collection duties and 'community policing' of their fellow Austinites.
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