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parking meter
A parking meter is a device used to collect money in exchange for the right to park a vehicle in a particular place for a limited amount of time. Parking meters can be used by municipalities as a tool for enforcing their integrated on-street parking policy, usually related to their traffic and mobility management policies, but are also used for revenue.
Now that ATMs are being used less and contactless readers are cropping up in remote places, criminals are targeting contactless on things like parking meters. It won't be long before we see them on chargers too so just be aware and as with any ATM that you look twice before offering your card up...
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