Retarded car park barcode scanning. Welcome to the 21st century. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 05, 2014, 04:48:27 am
content: /.

author: kolonelkadat
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 05, 2014, 05:41:21 am
content: As a grumpy old man myself, Id reckon we all have our gripes. Personally, id rather spend 20 minutes figuring out the right tongue angle with which to operate a machine than have to count on a person to be competent at their job.Id say that as long as there are no people involved at any point of the process of entering/exiting the parking area, id say youre just being a grumpy old man. If you have to deal with a man and a machine, then someone ought to be hung by their toenails and pelted with beets.Here one of the parking decks gives you a ticket when you come in, but to leave you have to give it to a human who will then open the exit for you. If the human isnt there, you cannot leave due to 1 way spikes and other obstructions.

author: BillWojo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 05, 2014, 02:53:27 pm
content: So you have to pay for parking to shop? Glad I live where I live. It's the reason I tend to stay the hell out of major cities. The malls around here have huge parking lots, acres of parking. I'm 30 minutes from Phila and less than 2 hours from NYC. Never shop in either places, way to much hassle.BillWojo

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 06, 2014, 07:38:38 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on October 05, 2014, 04:48:27 amAs a side note, I see time and time again so many people that CAN'T do precisely what you describe even in a 3-hour free car park! There is always some pelican who ties up an entire line of traffic because they haven't bothered to either check the time and/or pay the parking fee before jumping in their car.If they can't grasp such a simple concept or use a little forethought, perhaps they shouldn't be driving.

author: Monittosan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2014, 07:58:09 am
content: If you're talking about Victoria Gardens in Richmond Vic then yeah its pretty annoying

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2014, 06:28:19 pm
content: Here you go and get the ticket, and you are warned about leaving it in the car. With that you still get cars stolen from this upmarket centre, with nobody seeing who did it. This is with CCTV up the Wazoo, guards on patrol and 10 camera's recording the entrances and the exits. They disappear and there is no footage at all. I do not go to that mall any more, or park where I can see my car at all times.The favourite thing now is remote jamming. For some reason people press the button somewhere as they waltz off, on the high heels and with the designer bag, with the jaw going or the fingers fluttering on the fondleslab, towards the mall entrance, and do not actually realise that the doors did not lock and the alarm did not activate. They also then find out that insurance companies do not pay out without forced entrance either.Me, I turned off the annoying chirp, and physically check the doors are locked every time. No, I am not paranoid. I just live in South Africa.

author: PA0PBZ
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2014, 06:46:06 pm
content: I had a very surprising parking experience a few weeks ago while visiting the hospital. Entering the new parking I took my ticket out of the machine, and coming back I paid at one of the machines, taking the ticket with me afterwards. While driving to the exit I opened my window and held the ticket ready, so far nothing unusual.But when I almost stopped to put my ticket in the exit machine the barrier opened and a sign lit up telling me I could exit.When I got home I examined the ticket that I still had and noticed that my licence plate number was on there.... Ah, now I understandYes, this was the first time I encountered this system

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 06, 2014, 07:35:16 pm
content: Ask them their data protection policy next time, and how the data is used and stored, and who has access to it. Should be interesting to get any reply other than "Huh".

author: nukie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2014, 04:52:06 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on October 06, 2014, 10:08:17 amIt's quite hilarious to see such long queue with the management person helping the people, I went straight to the machine with no queue. I think it was last month when they removed the free parking and installed the new system.It works fine for me first try and it's quite simple and integrated. I am not young by any chance, it's a fine system. Just people don't like changes to everyday routine and get intimidated by new stuff. Not very modern or old tech.Some of the ticket spitter at the entry gate accepts creditcard so you can never lose a ticket and you never have to queue or deal with the ticket machine when leaving. Great one of you don't mine your CC detail stored in the system. Alot of pre-booked car parks work this way, it even greets you by your name on the LCD, I think it's excellent implementation.