Town to use sensors to detect illegally parked vehicles!
MASSAPEQUA PARK, New York (PNN) - September 27, 2011 - Be careful where you decide to park your car in Long Island.
Massapequa Park will be the first Long Island municipality to use electronic sensors embedded in the street to detect illegally parked vehicles.
Police can quickly slap a $25 fine on the vehicle after the wireless discs notify them of the violation by transmitting a signal to the officers’ cellphones.
Some are not pleased with the “Big Brother” aspect of the technology.
“I don’t like everybody watching me, everywhere in every tree, every building, every street corner. I mean, it’s ridiculous,” one person said to Long Island Bureau Chief Mike Xirinachs.
“What happens when somebody comes into town for the first time, wants to stop into my shop for ten minutes, gets a parking ticket, and then never comes back?” asks Quick-Stop Deli owner Ajay Singh.
Village officials say the sensors will be tried on an experimental basis starting in November. The sensors will be placed in 50 spots near the Park Boulevard business center.
If the trial proves successful, the sensors could become permanent by the first of next year.
Officials, who are known to lie on a regular basis, claim they’re implementing the new technology for safety, not revenue. Time will tell if they are telling the truth for once.
