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PSA: The new parking meters downtown are a special kind of confusing
I was trying to pay for parking last Tuesday and the screen kept asking for my 'vehicle zone identifier' before it would take my card. I stood there for five minutes looking for a sticker or number on my car. Turns out, you have to walk to the other side of the meter and type in the tiny number printed on the pole itself! A guy in a delivery van saw me and yelled, 'Yeah, they're all like that, it's stupid!' Has anyone else run into this or figured out a faster way?
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blair5065mo ago
Oh man, I had the exact same problem! Actually, I found out the "vehicle zone identifier" is just the meter number itself, the one on the front of the box. You don't have to walk around. I just typed in the big numbers I was already staring at and it worked. It's still a weird way to ask for it though, super confusing!
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troycarter5mo ago
Why do they make the simplest things sound so complicated? It feels like they're trying to trick you on purpose. I bet the person who wrote that label thought they were being clever. It just wastes everyone's time and causes stress. They should really just call it the meter number.
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robert_bennett295mo ago
Glad that worked for you. I once spent ten minutes looking for a hidden code on a rental car before realizing the same thing.
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