Are the boot’s days numbered? The boot has morphed from a benign alternative to towing a car into a double dipping beast that gobbles up your money. The Evil Empire has authorized parking ticket warriors to boot first and a tow later (in two hours). All for the same, single, solitary parking violation (ca-ching, ca-ching). I came across […]
Warning: Gotten a Boot and Tow Recently? Read This (Take Action)
The 2-hour boot and tow is unconscionable This is the third part of a three-part series. Here are links to the first two-parts: Warning: Gotten a Boot and Tow Recently? Read This Warning: Gotten a Boot and Tow Recently? Read This (Part Two) In Part three, we’re going to communicate with: Commissioner of Department of […]
Warning: Gotten a Boot and Tow Recently? Read This (Part Two)
The unconscionable boot and tow two hours later part two This is the second part of a two-part series on the nefarious practice of boot and tow two hours later. Here’s a link to part one. In this post we’ll cover: Analysis of my Twitter conversation with the NYC DOT and the Evil Empire Review of the […]
Warning: Gotten a Boot and Tow Recently? Read This
The odious boot and tow two hours later must stop I followed the boot and tow from its birth as a pilot program, citywide implementation as a kinder alternative to just plain towing, and transformation into an insidious revenue-raising monster. I was alerted to this evil practice by two wonderful members of the NYC driving […]
The Midnight Ride of NYC Boot Patrols
A CBS News team took a ride with NYC Boot Patrols hunting scofflaws If you owe the Evil Empire $350 or more in unpaid parking ticket fines and penalties in judgment, beware the van with a license plate scanner on the roof. It’s searching for your vehicle. A highly motivated team of Darth Vaders are […]
Is the Boot a Better Alternative than a Tow for the Driving Public?
The Boot delivers an alternative to a tow The Boot, after a successful run in Brooklyn and Queens, has hit Broadway. The powers-to-be perceived a bright-colored metal object immobilizing your chariot was less horrifying than an empty parking space and a cab ride to the pound. I wrote about the early days when it was […]
Is The Boot a Kinder way to make you pay Parking Tickets?
The boot is being used to collect overdue parking fines The NYC DOF initiated a pilot program in parts of Brooklyn to “motivate” scofflaws with $350 in outstanding parking tickets in judgment to pay up. Your reward is the release code that unlocks the sixteen-pound yellow thing choking the wheel of your chariot. “This is […]
Parking Ticket Alert: Mayor Bloomberg Plans to Boot your car
A Metal boot is made for collecting Mayor Bloomberg is planning to lead the charge against motorists who owe New York City $350 or more in parking ticket judgments. The Daily News reported that NYC added another weapon of mass collection to its arsenal of revenue raising tools, a boot. The mayor’s office confirmed approval of […]