摘要 |
A method of cash card billing with the aid of pay meters when parking a vehicle, using a parking meter system which includes a plurality of meters. The meters include a cash card reader. A person parking a vehicle finds a first meter (BA 1) where the cash card is read and the cash card account (KN) number and the parking commencement time are stored in a memory (BA1 MEM). When terminating the parking period the person finds a second pay meter (BA 2), which stores the card number (KN) together with the perking termination time (UT) in a memory (BA2 MEM). The invention is characterized in that each pay meter includes a keypad (2, 3) by which the person parking the vehicle keys-in the registration number (RN) of the vehicle at the commencement of a parking period in conjunction with reading the cash card, wherein the pay meter stores the registration number (RN) together with the card number (KN) and the parking commencement time (IT); in that the memory (BA1 MEM, BA2 MEM) of each pay meter is connected to the memory of a central computer (7); and in that the cash card account number is billed for the parking period. |