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I’d buy this for parking tickets. I often calculate chance of getting a ticket vs paying parking fee essentially self insuring

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How's your predictive power? Are you out ahead?

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I guess there's the das booted risk to factor in too.

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I absolutely agree - when I lived in the city I constantly made this consideration for parking. I’d buy this and appreciate some peace of mind in the long run - with the estimation that it’d pay for itself over time.

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"which estimated that 14% of subway fares are evaded." - wow, that seems like a huge number!

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It is! It's even crazier for busses, with 48% of the fares evaded. It seems like the total amount lost is over a billion annually, although I guess not all of those rides would be taken if there was 100% fare enforcement

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