Sick and tired of parking meters (santiago) :(

AZB · #1 07-14-2008, 10:35 AM

Speaking of getting screwed: First the city of santiago announced that parking meters will only be installed on main avenues (example: calle del sol, restauracion etc). they did just that and few people complained. then they expanded them to other streets (example: mine) and now they are everywhere, even the tiny back streets and all. there is absolutely no place to park for free in santiago downtown. If you are late in putting in coins, you get a 300 peso ticket. We are all going nuts with these new parking meters.
I have to hand it to people from capital. When the city decided to install parking meters in santo domingo, the folks there destroyed all the installed meters in the first phase of program. All were destroyed and the city quickly got the idea that it will be a bad idea. santiaguers, on the other hand, are laid back and stupid. We let them create a monster that now we all regret.
AZB

jruane44 · #2 07-14-2008, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by AZB

Speaking of getting screwed: First the city of santiago announced that parking meters will only be installed on main avenues (example: calle del sol, restauracion etc). they did just that and few people complained. then they expanded them to other streets (example: mine) and now they are everywhere, even the tiny back streets and all. there is absolutely no place to park for free in santiago downtown. If you are late in putting in coins, you get a 300 peso ticket. We are all going nuts with these new parking meters.
I have to hand it to people from capital. When the city decided to install parking meters in santo domingo, the folks there destroyed all the installed meters in the first phase of program. All were destroyed and the city quickly got the idea that it will be a bad idea. santiaguers, on the other hand, are laid back and stupid. We let them create a monster that now we all regret.
AZB

Being civilized comes with a price. And it looks like it is about 300 pesos.

Tamborista · #3 07-14-2008, 10:40 AM

AZB:

I would think a Santiague of your stature would only have his coach valet parked and not worry about such trivia!

tambo'

AZB · #4 07-14-2008, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by jruane44

Being civilized comes with a price. And it looks like it is about 300 pesos.

Its not just 300 pesos, you have to go to the damn ticket office to pay it.
I have gotten 2 tickets already.

AZB

AZB · #5 07-14-2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Tamborista

AZB:

I would think a Santiague of your stature would only have his coach valet parked and not worry about such trivia!

tambo'

Actually I do have a guy watching my car and putting in money from time to time but, sometimes, he disappears and I get a ticket.

AZB

catcherintherye · #6 07-14-2008, 10:52 AM

Perhaps the parking meters of Santiago are responsible for the ongoing coin shortage.

Coincidence? I don't think so!

Tamborista · #7 07-14-2008, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by AZB

Actually I do have a guy watching my car and putting in money from time to time but, sometimes, he disappears and I get a ticket.

AZB

I will watch it for ya', just leave me a roll of coins and a few pesos for a chimi!

tambo'

AZB · #8 07-14-2008, 10:56 AM

there was a trick used in NYC to confuse the parking meter. You take a quarter and put it half way in the coin slot. hold it there for a minute and the digital parking meter would go out of service. Now you could park for free because the parking meter was damaged. The tech would have to reset it. Now the newer parking meters in santiago reset themselves automatically after a few minutes.
AZB

bachata · #9 07-14-2008, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by AZB

Actually I do have a guy watching my car and putting in money from time to time but, sometimes, he disappears and I get a ticket.

AZB

Why don't you buy or rent a nice house? in a high class naighborhood...The down town area is not a good are to live.

JJ.

Ezequiel · #10 07-14-2008, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by AZB

Speaking of getting screwed: First the city of santiago announced that parking meters will only be installed on main avenues (example: calle del sol, restauracion etc). they did just that and few people complained. then they expanded them to other streets (example: mine) and now they are everywhere, even the tiny back streets and all. there is absolutely no place to park for free in santiago downtown. If you are late in putting in coins, you get a 300 peso ticket. We are all going nuts with these new parking meters.
I have to hand it to people from capital. When the city decided to install parking meters in santo domingo, the folks there destroyed all the installed meters in the first phase of program. All were destroyed and the city quickly got the idea that it will be a bad idea. santiaguers, on the other hand, are laid back and stupid. We let them create a monster that now we all regret.
AZB

Like, in every big city in the world you need to pay to park in the Downtown area, Santiaguo shouldn't be the exception, the law is the law and everybody need to comply with it.

Santiagueses are NOT Stupid, laid back YES. Los Capitalenos son unos antisociales, por esa razon La Capital es un desastres.