点评:Great museum, but the mood was dampened when I found a parking ticket on my rental car afterwards. I parked in the metered parking spaces on O Street beside the museum, which use the IPS Text-to-Pay credit card payment system. The display on the meter indicated my valid payment for three hours. Upon returning, I found a parking ticket had been issued and that the meter read "Expired", even though there was still a half hour left of my paid time. I contested the $75 fine via the city's parking website, sending the digital receipt from IPS showing the ticket had been issued during my covered paid time. In addition, the car rental company (Hertz) sent a bill for a $30 "administrative fee" as a result of the citation. I submitted my evidence to them as well. Ultimately, both the city's and the rental company's charges were dropped, but it was a time consuming and irritating experience. I can imagine the city does this regularly, presuming people won't be bothered to contest the citations. I contacted IPS to file a complaint, but I don't know if there was ever any follow up. I would suggest avoiding metered parking and use the downtown garages instead.
翻译:博物馆很棒,但之后发现租车上贴了一张罚单,心情顿时大打折扣。我把车停在博物馆旁边O街的咪表停车位,那里使用IPS短信支付信用卡系统。咪表显示我已支付三个小时的停车费。回来后,我发现车上贴了一张罚单,咪表显示“已过期”,尽管我实际的停车时间还有半小时。我通过市政府的停车网站对75美元的罚款提出异议,并提交了IPS的电子收据,证明罚单是在我的有效停车时间内开出的。此外,租车公司(赫兹)还因为这张罚单寄来一张30美元的“管理费”账单。我也把证据提交给了他们。最终,市政府和租车公司的罚款都被撤销了,但这真是一次耗时又令人恼火的经历。我估计市政府经常这么做,觉得人们懒得去申诉。我联系了IPS公司投诉,但不知道他们后来有没有跟进。我建议尽量避免使用咪表停车位,改用市中心的停车场。