http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Uber Wardens en Sun, 31 May 2026 16:13:28 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18156#post-261167 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 15:17:27 +0000 jonty 261167@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wasn't it a bit of a struggle even to approve that? I remember it being a big thing when they went in, and there's barely any anyway. When is the Princes Street one going in?! </p> <p>My sister used to be convinced that every bus had one on it - a clever idea with the desirable property of punishing you in almost perfect proportion to the harm caused. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18156#post-261165 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:55:06 +0000 I were right about that saddle 261165@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@jonty</p> <p>They're all Robocop if you drive in a Green Lane. (Just ask madame IWRATS, heh.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18156#post-261164 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:54:08 +0000 jonty 261164@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As far as I'm aware, Scotland still hasn't legislated for "speed camera"-style parking tickets issued after the time of the offence. They do it in parts of England though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18156#post-261163 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:53:48 +0000 I were right about that saddle 261163@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A citizen's arrest for bad parking seems a bit harsh. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18156#post-261161 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:51:10 +0000 gembo 261161@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>see also Citizen Arrests (i met a prsion officer who had made 86 in Airdrie alone, he was known as Rambo) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=18156#post-261160 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:14:14 +0000 I were right about that saddle 261160@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I went past the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Centre just now and there was a faux-by-four parked square in front, all the wheels on the pavement. Not a warden to be seen.</p> <p>Now I know we have Uber eyes on this forum so here's an idea;</p> <p>Why don't Uber develop a simple phone app that recognises registration plates, times and locations and works out if a vehicle is allowed to park there from two images five minutes apart?</p> <p>If a ticket is issued on the basis of the data and upheld the phone owner gets the commission with a small kickback to Uber.</p> <p>That way all students become traffic wardens and the city is immediately purged of this level of idiocy. The main objection I can see to this scheme is that it would actually work. Commission-hungry students wouldn't stand for the informal arrangements that clearly exist here and there in this fine city. </p>