If the good samaritans don’t pay the meter the meter runs out and a ticket can be issued ... tickets make for more revenue then what the meter can produce.
Right. That’s what I was saying. Sure, they make more money, but there is no LAW that says who must put money in the meter.
They are greedy and outside of the law on this issue.
Remember, the law makers make the laws. In many cities the law is that anyone feeding a parking meter not associated with their own parked car is committing a crime.
As a rookie cop walking a beat back in the day, I use to carry a pocket full of nickels to feed the meters ... use to drive my TO bonkers. When downtown, I still carry change to feed the meters whenever I see one about to expire ... old habits are hard to break.