in 238303 20091105 095750 "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:


Others on this thread have suggested an alternative -- pay on exit.

Sounds like a way of having the carpark jammed with abandoned cars. And
also requires more sophisticated equipment than a simple ticket machine.

It works. Car park at QA Hospital Portsmouth is operated by NCP. You collect
a token on entry and pay at a machine before leaving. Standard NCP procedure.
Of course, as NCP is a private profit-making venture the ethics of making a profit
out of sickness and illness are debatable.