The anonymous TCC. staff member's spin to my letter (20/08/10) re parking Sensors, deserves a response.
That spin and recent statements from a news report do not convince me that the sensors are just being used for a survey and I quote :
TCC. has installed Parking sensors to some City Centre Parks allowing officials to know how long a car has been parked in an individual spot - and more could be introduced if carpark users don't behave.
Martin Parks said 'it was possible they would be used by Wardens and introduced city-wide.”
He also said 'that the Sensors would work in tandem with the Parking Wardens.” 'The Sensors send a signal that a car is breaching parking restrictions.” 'This is just another tool for parking wardens to use.”
The threat of a hi-tech parking crackdown has been criticised by a 'disappointed and frustrated” Tauranga Mainstreet.
A true (survey?) may never be obtained. Now that motorists are aware of the installed sensors, a number of those carparks are being avoided and I didn't need $5000 worth of sensors to find that out!
If these sensors are installed city-wide, what mode of transport would a parking warden use after receiving a signal? to rush out and and issue an infringement notice before the offending car departs?
Bill Humphrey, Tauranga South.