parking meters

[absolute_ann]

some parking meters in glasgow say that the max amount of time is 4 hours yet the max amount of money the take is �2.00, if it costs 10p for 12 mins, this is more than �2.00, so if I parked for 4 hours with �2.00 in the meter would I b given a ticket by one of the meanies who patrol the area?, sorry sounds like one of those annoying old arithmetic probs from primary school but really would like to know

[NoGood Boyo]

The sums work out ok. Every hour has 5 12-minute period, so the cost per hour is 5 x 10p = 50p. For 4 hours the charge is 4 x 50p = �2.00. You should not get a ticket, according to my calculations.