Gadget boost for attendants

By The Newsroom
Published 13th Oct 2010, 09:07 BST
Updated 13th Oct 2010, 11:31 BST
THE city's parking attendants are set to snare more drivers after being issued with the latest palm top computers today.

The gadgets will cut the time it takes to issue tickets from around 90 seconds to 20 seconds, it was reported today.

The new devices are expected to catch half of the 100 or so drivers who are able to get into their car and get away before attendants have issued a ticket.

The new machines use predictive text and print tickets in three seconds rather than 20.

An insider reportedly said: "It'll cut the number of drive-aways by half."