Racing back to a parking meter to pay it before a cop notices it expired may not be an option for El Paso drivers much longer. The meters themselves will start tipping off the city.
You knw the drill, you find a parking spot, pay the meter and then set an alarm on your phone to tell you when to go back but sometimes you don’t quite make it. No biggie as long as you get there before the cops. Right?
Some folks don’t pay at all if it’s close to the 6pm cutoff time, gambling a cop won’t come along until after 6. Pretty soon, neither of those tricks will work ……