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Tuesday, 17 July, 2007 11:39 AM
A Parking Meter That Prevents
Tickets
The
World’s Friendliest Parking Meter™ Calls You to Warn
Meter’s Low
Most of us don’t
put a whole lot of thought into parking meters until we get zapped
with a ticket for an expired meter. That’s when we start complaining
about how the whole parking system is stacked against us. After
all, in today’s hectic world you practically need to schedule
a planning session to park at a meter without fear of getting ticketed!
You know what I’m talking about— you’ve got to
make sure you have enough change. And who ever does? You also have
to watch the clock. And if you’re trapped in an important
meeting, you have to scope out someone in advance to run down to
the meter for you before time’s up. No wonder expired meters
account for the bulk of parking violations in most cities. But now
tickets for expired meters could be a thing of the past.
Imagine parking at a
meter that lets you pay with your debit or credit card. Or even
change if you have some. But accepting coins is the only the similarity
between the patented, state-of-the art, PhotoViolationMeter™,
or PVM™, and the conventional, old meters. The PVM™,
created by Photo Violation Technologies Corporation, is Revolutionizing
The Parking Industry™ with its user-friendly features.
The smart parking meters
are currently installed for a testing period in Vancouver, British
Columbia and Niagra Falls, New York. They’ve already earned
top marks from users during a test run in San Francisco. “On-street
parking is a critical factor for cities to promote business and
tourism locally so it must be easy to use and offer conveniences
for the customers,” says Fred Mitschele, President and CEO
of Photo Violation Technologies Corporation. “That’s
why it’s vital for municipalities to invest in user-friendly
solutions geared to the future.”
The PVM™ truly
is user-friendly in every sense of the word. Not only does it offer
more convenient ways to pay, the PVM™ can actually call to
warn you that your meter is running low and allows you to pay for
more time over the phone. No kidding. “We designed the meter
so that you’re not slapped with a $30 fine simply because
you ran out of change,” says Mitschele. The No-Fine™
feature offers you the option of automatically paying in timed increments
with your credit card so you avoid the risk of a ticket. Or you
can take advantage of the Grace Period™ option. The city gives
you a grace period by pre-programming a certain amount of time that
you can pay for extra minutes before it turns into a parking violation.
No other meter can do that.”
Because it operates on
a state-of-the-art wireless network, the PVM™ also provides
free Internet hotspots for anyone with wireless capabilities. That
means if you’re sitting in your car with your laptop, you
can get online to check email. It adds a whole new level of connectivity
to any city that installs PVM’s™ by creating so many
free Wi-Fi hotspots for the general public. This technology is also
useful for first responders who might require a greater level of
connectivity options in the face of large scale emergencies.
While the wireless capabilities
make savvy use of technological resources, these ‘smart’
parking meters are a dream come true for city governments for other
practical reasons. The PVM™ photographs license plates of
cars that do violate parking laws, creating evidence that’s
tough to dispute. Its sensors also reset each time a new vehicle
pulls into the space, allowing cities to increase parking revenue.
Because PVM’s™ offer more flexible payment options they
also eliminate common problems presented by on-street parking. “Many
cities are trying to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in
unpaid parking fines—in Washington, D.C. for example, unpaid
tickets account for more than 1 million dollars,” says Mitschele.
“Because our meter makes it easier for people to pay for parking
and avoid a ticket in the first place, it saves everybody time,
money and an awful lot of aggravation. For people who do wind up
receiving a ticket, the Pay Your Fine™ feature allows them
to pay the fine right at the meter at a discounted rate.”
Here are some of the
main features of the PhotoViolationMeter™ (PVM) that make
it so convenient:
- Large start button
- Greets users with
welcome message
- Large, backlit, easy-to-read
LCD
- Every Way To Pay™:
12 coin types, credit cards, ATM/debit cards, smart cards, pay-by-phone
- No-Fine™ feature
- Grace Period™
feature
- Regulation Notification™
feature
- Pay Your Fine™
feature
- Calls to notify time
is running out/accepts additional payment
While parking meters
have historically been a source of aggravation for drivers and enforcement
officials alike, the innovative PhotoViolationMeter™ can make
life easier for everyone who uses it.
About Photo Violation
Technologies Corporation:
Photo Violation Technologies
Corp. (PVT) was founded in 2004 by Fred Mitschele, a Vancouver resident
with a long history of success in the Parking Industry. With a small
amount of seed capital, Mitschele started the company in Vancouver,
Canada and Bangkok, Thailand with just himself and another employee.
Mitschele has managed
to increase the company’s size to approximately 30 employees
with offices in Thailand, Canada and the UK. He recently opened
a new office in the US, with offices soon to open in Hong Kong and
China.
PVT is currently exploring
acquisitions of a number of global companies and expanding its partner
base which includes impressive companies such as IBM & Cisco.
PVT is in the process of doing a RTO by listing on the Nasdaq on
the OTCBB. For more information visit www.PhotoViolation.com.
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