[Tagging] Time limited parking without typical disk

[Philip Barnes]

On Thu, 2022-03-31 at 22:53 +0200, Colin Smale wrote:
> > On 03/31/2022 7:47 PM Niels Elgaard Larsen <elgaard at agol.dk> wrote:
> > 
> >  
> > Peter Elderson:
> > > Parking disc is generally used for non-paid but time-limited
> > > parking. The driver sets 
> > > it to indicate the arrival time and displays it, so that the
> > > parking police can check 
> > > if time is up.
> > 
> > Yes, and now it is seldom an actual disk that you set manually.
> > 
> > I, and most people, now use a certified electronic device with a
> > display that stops 
> > the clock when the car is not moving.
> 
> You forgot to add "in Norway" (am I right?).
> 
> I can assure you that paper/plastic discs are alive and well in the
> Netherlands and the UK and that such electronic devices are not
> legally acceptable here.
> 
In the UK? Other than as part of the blue badge (disabled parking)
scheme which allows mor flexible rules of where and for how long, they
are certainly not a thing in the UK.

Phil (trigpoint)