Talk:Pay and display

Parking meter vs. Pay and display machine

Can these two pages be merged? Or should we consider the later machines as an evolution of the first. This way, parking meter stands for the old style Duncan individual meters (one for each space or a double one for each pair of spaces, which is still the same: indivudal) and Pay and display machines for the colective meter, which serve a ticket for display on the dashboard.

The two names are perfect for both generations of these machines, but for historical reasons, in some countries, even in those where the individual meters have been fully replaced by the colective pay & display systems, they are still named after the meter, like in Portugal: parcómetros.

If both the page exists, this leaves us with the problem of where to write all the vandalism, theft considerations that have allready been writen future considerations about usage, enforcement, management, collection, operation, the industry, the techonlogy, etc...

I mean, I would really like to do so.

Andrezero 01:13, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

What about Disc Machines? In Ireland this is called a (Parking) Disc Machine

xyzzer 2006-06-12 00:34 GMT

Tickets

The info I've inluded may only be the tip of the iceberg, they may be completely different in England etc. Pleaase include more info. Tarcus

Non ticket pay and display

I believe the so called "non ticket pay and display" machines are merely multi bay parking meters, and this section should be merged in Parking meters. They are used in my town and simply called parking meters. Tarcus

Picture

Wow! This page really hits you; two pictures on either side? Think outside the box 12:02, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I've removed those two images and added one which shows "pay and display" better. Think outside the box 12:06, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. The one thing this page lacks is a good close up picture of a machine showing the display and all the buttons etc. Tarcus 08:47, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Hyphenation

Why is "pay and display machine" not spelled "pay-and-display machine"? After all, the term is not meant to refer to a pay machine AND a display machine...

Is this a common or ubiquitous convention, or should it be changed to include hyphens? Reading it without them is awkward.

Sinnerwiki 10:10, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

To be perfectly honest, I think I've seen a number of car parks which refer to them as both - the hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions seem pretty interchangeable. I do see what you're saying, though. Some reliable sources should be found, and it should be determined which is used more regularly. _TheIslander 10:24, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Removals

I've removed this, which was in the parking coupon section...

Set up costs are lower than those for parking meters, but its effectiveness is solely determined by the ability to enforce the system by parking attendants.

...since I think parking attendants are equally necessary for parking meter enforcement, and indeed for automated pay-and-display. jnestorius^(talk) 17:15, 10 April 2011 (UTC)