With all the talk these days about the iPad it seems a bit 2009 to talk about an iPhone app, but this one makes me cackle with malicious glee.
A couple of Western Canada software developers (one with cerebral palsy) created an iPhone app that not only helps people find handicap-accessible municipal parking spots in Vancouver, but also lets them report people who misuse the spots. You take photos of the offending car and licence plate, and the program sends them, along with the GPS location and a timestamp, to Vancouver city officials, who then mail out a parking ticket to the miscreant’s address.
Unfortunately, there are only about 50 accessible spots administered by the City of Vancouver (the rest are in privately-owned lots), but by jiminy it’s a start!
CBC article: Handicap parking cheaters tagged by iPhone app
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Grandma says:
February 5, 2010 at 1:22 pm (UTC 0)
At last, at last, at last. Toronto, do you hear?