> If you try putting a quarter in and it doesn't work (as is often the case because of tampering with the coin slots), I believe you don't have to pay for parki

> If you try putting a quarter in and it doesn't work (as is often the case because of tampering with the coin slots), I believe you don't have to pay for parking. Huh? That's the exact opposite of most municipalities I know of. Normally it is "If the meter is broken, you cannot park there. It's an automatic ticket." Otherwise, everybody just jams something in the slot and all your meters wind up broken.