How To Avoid A Parking Fine With Your Smartphone

For me, the worst part of driving is parking. Finding a parking spot is hard enough, but what’s sometimes even harder is finding one near a meter, and then having to work out the duration of time that you need to pay for. If you pay for too long, you’ve overpaid. If you don’t pay for long enough, your meter will expire and you could get fined!

Fortunately, technology makes this toss-up easier for all of us. Thanks to a handy app, you can now pay the meter using your smartphone!

PAYSTAY

PayStay allows you to pay for parking through a start-stop method. This means that when you are parked, the app starts a timer, and when you’re about to leave the parking spot, the app stops the timer. So you will only pay for the exact amount of time that you are parked.

The benefit of this is that you no longer will need to come rushing back down to your parking spot to refill your meter. Furthermore, if you’re finding yourself low on cash, PayStay will allow you to pay by card instead. This means no more parking fine risk!

PayStay is available for a limited area of parking spots only. If you see a street sign or parking meter with the PayStay name and logo on it, then it means you can use PayStay in that parking area. The PayStay app will also help you to find parking areas covered by PayStay near you.