During the next few months, Detroit Metro Airport plans to add machines to its parking lots that will keep track of parking charges.
If you're paying with a credit card, the machines will eliminate those parking stubs that can be so hard to find. But they'll also replace some parking cashiers.
Here's what readers have to say about the new machines:
• "I park every week at the Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson Airport Park Ride.
When they installed that type of machine on those lots ... my expectation was negative but I have been incredibly pleased.
Previously there were always lines for the human attendants whereas now I am always first in line and the time at the machine itself is about a quarter to a third as long as when a human attendant was doing it. In total it probably reduces my time to pay by 10 minutes each trip, which is extremely welcome at midnight or later after a long trip."
Jon Gabrielsen, Smyrna, Ga.
• "Who thought of such a lame idea to use machines to charge airport parking? What is wrong with this money hungry society? May I remind someone that some PEOPLE still have families to support? ... Machines are replacing too many people. Eventually these people with their bright ideas about machines will also be replaced, perhaps by their own machines."
Source: freep.com
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