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United Taxis 11
 Post subject: Would this work
PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2013 11:55 pm 
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Seen this video and thought,well that would be a much more simpler idea than having to find a pulse wire

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=nnNgUka4Xe4
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 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:00 am 
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wont load

your car trip/odometer is as good as anything with a card/table of mileages+fares.

im wondering if i put a meter in a PH to work alongside hacks will the council want me to pay £35 for a meter check.....

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 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:34 am 
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Christ they think of every scam going


wonder how long till a driver is caught using one over here
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skippy41
 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:53 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
wont load

your car trip/odometer is as good as anything with a card/table of mileages+fares.

im wondering if i put a meter in a PH to work alongside hacks will the council want me to pay £35 for a meter check.....


Wanna click on desk top, at the top, its loaded as mobile then you can see it
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 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:10 am 
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Foxtrot26 wrote:
Christ they think of every scam going


wonder how long till a driver is caught using one over here


why is it a scam?

the OBD2 port carries data just like a speedo and ECU, is it law a meter MUST have a physical link to a car?

its only a wireless sender to the meter

once tested the councils should be ok, makes fitting and removal free....move over Lucas and Pitt's...

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Zia
 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:42 am 
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It's a scam. It generates a pulse so that the car thinks it is moving so it will make the trip and odometer figures rise even when stationary. The meter would still need a pulse connection, this thing just means that waiting time won't cut in.
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 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 12:07 pm 
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Zia wrote:
It's a scam. It generates a pulse so that the car thinks it is moving so it will make the trip and odometer figures rise even when stationary. The meter would still need a pulse connection, this thing just means that waiting time won't cut in.


in that case its illegal

use the clock on the meter instead

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 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 9:34 am 
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This set me off thinking...

why not charge by the hour instead of miles? (or at least, by time)

average road speeds are decreasing, town centre's are at walking pace, and speed limits mean theres a maximum you can drive at anyway

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 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:50 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
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This set me off thinking...

why not charge by the hour instead of miles? (or at least, by time)

average road speeds are decreasing, town centre's are at walking pace, and speed limits mean theres a maximum you can drive at anyway


Now that could be dangerouse
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 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:33 pm 
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skippy41 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
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This set me off thinking...

why not charge by the hour instead of miles? (or at least, by time)

average road speeds are decreasing, town centre's are at walking pace, and speed limits mean theres a maximum you can drive at anyway


Now that could be dangerouse


why? all youd need it a timer...

start the clock when they get in, stop it on arrival at destination, £1/minute

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 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 9:50 am 
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anything gps is not reliable if you lose signal you lose money simple
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 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:13 am 
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Tico wrote:
anything gps is not reliable if you lose signal you lose money simple


not GPS Tico, just a clock/timer

10 minutes? £20 thanks....lol

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 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:31 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
Tico wrote:
anything gps is not reliable if you lose signal you lose money simple


not GPS Tico, just a clock/timer

10 minutes? £20 thanks....lol


ah right cant see that being legal
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grandad
 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:29 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
Tico wrote:
anything gps is not reliable if you lose signal you lose money simple


not GPS Tico, just a clock/timer

10 minutes? £20 thanks....lol

Hang on you thieving b'stard, a couple of posts ago it was £1.00 per minute, now you have doubled it. :mrgreen:

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Tico
 Post subject: Re: Would this work
PostPosted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:35 am 
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grandad wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Tico wrote:
anything gps is not reliable if you lose signal you lose money simple


not GPS Tico, just a clock/timer

10 minutes? £20 thanks....lol

Hang on you thieving b'stard, a couple of posts ago it was £1.00 per minute, now you have doubled it. :mrgreen:


lol @ that =D>
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