from Hacker News

Smart spaces will fine petrol car owners illegally parking in electric bays

by Biba89 on 1/2/21, 5:21 PM with 133 comments

  • by ultimoo on 1/2/21, 5:53 PM

    Not sure what's so surprising/interesting about this (I don't have a subscription to read the full article). This nugget in the introduction seems to summarize the tech behind this --

    > Sensors installed in electric bays can be used to detect the presence of a vehicle and whether it is being used to recharge the car battery.

  • by kwhitefoot on 1/2/21, 6:34 PM

    Would be better to spend the money that this will cost on fitting a simple domestic socket in every parking bay. That we even my Tesla will gain 13 km per hour of charging.

  • by dawnerd on 1/2/21, 8:29 PM

    So if a car stops charging for whatever reason (fault, someone unplugs, finished charging) they get fined too since they're not actively charging? Seems like a system with more potential problems than it solves.

    In general I'm against any system that automatically fines people.

  • by tillinghast on 1/2/21, 8:12 PM

    Not if we park there hard enough.

  • by teh_klev on 1/3/21, 12:59 AM