{"id":7730,"date":"2015-06-02T12:18:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T16:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsignblog.com\/blog\/?p=7730"},"modified":"2025-02-24T06:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T11:25:18","slug":"new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/","title":{"rendered":"New apps for drivers contact DUI lawyers, punish bad parking, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

An array of apps for drivers\u00a0are showing up on\u00a0the market, with functions that range from DUI prevention and parking policing to valet service and coin-free payment. Our latest roundup:<\/p>\n

\"GoParkIt<\/a>

The GoParkIt app helps users pay for parking by phone, and includes a car locator.<\/p><\/div>\n

GoParkIt<\/a><\/p>\n

GoParkIt may phase out currency, or at least pocket change, faster than BitCoin. The app lets drivers pay for their parking meters via smartphone; they can also \u201crefill\u201d the meter from a remote location. Simply indicate the length of time you’ll need the parking space and the app will pay for parking via your credit card information. Replete with interactive maps that show your location as well as neighboring locations, the app helps users plan how much time they’ll need to get to and from their cars. There’s even a function for those “Dude, where’s my car?” moments: Just click on the car symbol at the top right of your smartphone screen to find your vehicle.<\/p>\n

TowIt<\/a><\/p>\n

\"TowIt<\/a>

TowIt crowdsources traffic violations from citizens.<\/p><\/div>\n

TowIt allows app users to report parking violations and dangerous driving as it unfolds, in realtime by snapping photos and verifying the misbehaving driver\u2019s license plate number. Relying on crowdsourced data provided from users globally, the app claims to reduce traffic congestion, pollution and collisions.<\/p>\n

Canadian founders Michael McArthur and Gregory Meloche are aiming to involve local government, law enforcement and towing companies, and say that it is a pro-safety, and not anti-vehicle, app. \u201cThis is not an anti-car movement by any means. I know it may seem that way to the public. I\u2019m downtown cyclist, and I really don\u2019t care what they think,\u201d McArthur told The Toronto Star<\/a>. \u201cWe are trying to solve a problem that impacts tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people in our city, every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

BluCar<\/p>\n

BluCar, an app available in Denver, is essentially Uber for valet parking. App users can drop a pin on a parking map to call a uniformed parking attendant over, who will park your vehicle in a secure parking lot within three of the city\u2019s given hotspots. When you’re ready to depart you can use the app to alert the valet, who will return the car within 10 minutes. The cost is about the same as valet parking, plus a $5 surcharge, which, as CBS points out, is about $17 in downtown Denver. \u201cIt\u2019s not valet and it\u2019s not lot parking,” developer Michael Dee tells CBS. “It\u2019s what we call on-demand parking.”<\/p>\n

Paid for by participating attorneys, Duey Dialer connects drivers with legal representation when they are pulled over or stopped at a DUI checkpoint. Just press a button and your conversation with the cops will be recorded and automatically sent to a lawyer via both text and email. The information includes \u201cwhere you were, \u2018cause obviously where you were may not be where you live; who you are; where you live; your contact information and then all the recording that took place,\u201d app developer Daniel Delgado told Fox News<\/a>. \u201cIf within 45 minutes you have not stopped it, it presumes you no longer have access to that device and therefore it will send the information automatically.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delgado claims the app doesn’t encourage drunk driving, but instead protects drivers’ rights. \u201cInstead of someone having to look and search who\u2019s a DUI attorney, especially at that moment where you\u2019re most vulnerable, you\u2019re most concerned and what do you do to protect your rights that process is just automated for you,\u201d Delgado said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An array of apps for drivers\u00a0are showing up on\u00a0the market, with functions that range from DUI prevention and parking policing to valet service and coin-free payment. Our latest roundup: GoParkIt GoParkIt may phase out currency, or at least pocket change, faster than BitCoin. The app lets drivers pay for their parking meters via smartphone; they […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-parking-tech"],"yoast_head":"\nNew apps for drivers contact DUI lawyers, punish bad parking, and more - MyParkingSign Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Apps for drivers are punishing bad parking, preventing DUI, thus making law enforcement easy and innovative.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New apps for drivers contact DUI lawyers, punish bad parking, and more - MyParkingSign Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Apps for drivers are punishing bad parking, preventing DUI, thus making law enforcement easy and innovative.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MyParkingSign Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parkingsigns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-02T16:18:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-24T11:25:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0436.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1136\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katy B. Olson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@MyParkingSign\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MyParkingSign\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katy B. Olson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Katy B. Olson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca\"},\"headline\":\"New apps for drivers contact DUI lawyers, punish bad parking, and more\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-02T16:18:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-24T11:25:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":616,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/IMG_0436-169x300.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Miscellaneous\",\"Parking Tech\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\\\/\",\"name\":\"New apps for drivers contact DUI lawyers, punish bad parking, and more - MyParkingSign Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/IMG_0436-169x300.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-02T16:18:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-24T11:25:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca\"},\"description\":\"Apps for drivers are punishing bad parking, preventing DUI, thus making law enforcement easy and innovative.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/IMG_0436-169x300.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/IMG_0436-169x300.png\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"MyParkingSign Blog\",\"description\":\"Articles and resources on parking, road safety, and signs\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca\",\"name\":\"Katy B. Olson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Katy B. Olson\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.myparkingsign.com\\\/blog\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New apps for drivers contact DUI lawyers, punish bad parking, and more - MyParkingSign Blog","description":"Apps for drivers are punishing bad parking, preventing DUI, thus making law enforcement easy and innovative.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New apps for drivers contact DUI lawyers, punish bad parking, and more - MyParkingSign Blog","og_description":"Apps for drivers are punishing bad parking, preventing DUI, thus making law enforcement easy and innovative.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/","og_site_name":"MyParkingSign Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parkingsigns","article_published_time":"2015-06-02T16:18:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-24T11:25:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":1136,"url":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0436.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Katy B. Olson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@MyParkingSign","twitter_site":"@MyParkingSign","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Katy B. Olson","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/"},"author":{"name":"Katy B. Olson","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca"},"headline":"New apps for drivers contact DUI lawyers, punish bad parking, and more","datePublished":"2015-06-02T16:18:19+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-24T11:25:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/"},"wordCount":616,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0436-169x300.png","articleSection":["Miscellaneous","Parking Tech"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/","url":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/","name":"New apps for drivers contact DUI lawyers, punish bad parking, and more - MyParkingSign Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0436-169x300.png","datePublished":"2015-06-02T16:18:19+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-24T11:25:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca"},"description":"Apps for drivers are punishing bad parking, preventing DUI, thus making law enforcement easy and innovative.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/new-apps-drivers-contact-dui-lawyers-punish-bad-parking\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0436-169x300.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0436-169x300.png"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/","name":"MyParkingSign Blog","description":"Articles and resources on parking, road safety, and signs","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/af424325abf69284d5f644001ab269ca","name":"Katy B. Olson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/64d5331fdc12b0567b40b4ba16c0454cfd4f173ee7d00e8576a1a407432c642a?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Katy B. Olson"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com\/blog\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7730"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15308,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions\/15308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myparkingsign.com/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}