The trick in DC where you had meters on the streets, but a two hour limit, was to learn how to properly chalk your tires and parking far enough in the spot to a

The trick in DC where you had meters on the streets, but a two hour limit, was to learn how to properly chalk your tires and parking far enough in the spot to allow you to roll the car back a foot or two - making the chalkmark appear to be 'wrong' and it looked like you moved the car. With today's systems, they have a handheld device that tells them which spots are paid and they just check to see what spots are unpaid which have cars on a somewhat regular basis. Revenue being down usually brings more stringent enforcement.