1. With the arrival of October, the DGT awaited us with more regulatory changes that make our heads spin and which have already been applied since Thursday. These are variations in the regulations that affect car drivers as much as those who get around by motorcycle, bicycle, or scooter. And, in turn, the pedestrian, who is always the punching bag in the story of coexistence on the asphalt. In the name of safety and the environment, every measure seems, on paper, well-intentioned. Later, when you encounter it, it is a whole different story. Today, however, we will set aside Pere Navarro's attempts and inventions to improve our lives and focus on one of my obsessions (which ARA readers might already know after sixteen years of back-page columns): parking meters.