tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44457509576049334732024-02-08T05:48:28.501-08:00www.fighttheboot.comScroll down to read why "car-booting" by private companies has been criminalized all across the civilized world, whenever and wherever it is challenged:Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-54094700565777500332011-05-08T21:21:00.000-07:002011-05-08T21:23:30.148-07:00BOOTMAN GETTING SUED FOR $12,500<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; ">MARIETTA - After his car was immobilized at a parking lot near Marietta Square that's becoming well known for booting vehicles, attorney John Steakley filed suit.<br /><br />Filed April 1 in the State Court of Cobb County against Bret Alan Tillman and Atlantic Coast Contracting, LLC, Steakley is requesting a judgment of $125, attorney fees and punitive damages of $12,500 from Tillman's booting service for holding his car ransom to unlawfully extort money, the suit claims. <span><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://mdjonline.com/view/full_story/13033588/article-Lawyer-files-lawsuit-over-vehicle-booting?instance=secondary_story_left_column#ixzz1LpGSHEhr" style="color: rgb(0, 51, 153); text-decoration: none; ">The Marietta Daily Journal - Lawyer files lawsuit over vehicle booting</a> </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-44174065129812966412011-04-19T23:52:00.000-07:002011-04-19T23:55:26.694-07:00WHEEL CLAMPING RULED A CRIMINAL OFFENSE"It will become a criminal offence to clamp cars on private land, putting rogue firms out of business, under a ‘Freedoms Bill’ to be introduced in Parliament in the next few days.<br /><br />The move is expected to save the public £55million a year in fees from a racket that the AA branded ‘legalised mugging’.<br /><br /><img style="WIDTH: 333px; HEIGHT: 167px" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/02/09/article-1355005-0D17ED70000005DC-34_634x330.jpg" width="333" height="249" /><br /><br /><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1355005/Wheel-clamping-private-land-criminal-offence.html#ixzz1K2mWxrIG">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1355005/Wheel-clamping-private-land-criminal-offence.html#ixzz1K2mWxrIG</a> "Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-33857505143963402902011-04-19T21:21:00.000-07:002011-04-19T21:31:12.812-07:00Orlando City Council Clamps Down on Car Booting"Orlando City Council --<br /><br />A key provision would cut the fee for removing the steel, locking clamp to $22.<br /><br />The issue drew City Hall’s attention after the Orlando Sentinel reported several cases in which people had their cars booted improperly. <strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Those include a Coca-Cola truck booted while making a delivery, a van booted with a family sitting inside, and several people booted while visiting their bank or lawyer’s office. "</span> </strong><br /><br /><br /><p><strong><a href="http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2008/07/prices-slashed.html/comment-page-1">SOURCE ARTICLE LINK</a></p></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-86872677498431831732011-04-19T01:55:00.000-07:002011-04-19T01:58:14.424-07:00ALBUQUERQUE TO BAN PREDATORY CAR BOOTINGCity clamps down on parking boots<br />Albuquerque Express<br />Tuesday 19th April, 2011<br />(Source: KRQE)<br /><br /><br /><br />ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Albuquerque City councilman Isaac Benton will introduce new city ordinances to regulate private companies from booting cars in their parking lots.<br /><br />The new proposals include: ...<br /><br />•Placing at least two visible signs that cars will be booted, what the cost is for removing boots and a 24/7 telephone number for the booting service<br />•Companies must remove a boot within an hour<br />•They can charge no more than $75<br />•Private lots that boot must provide patrons with parking stubs so they can prove when and how much they paid<br />Benton said he's proposing the changes because city hall has received numerous complaints that cars are being unfairly booted.<br /><br />If companies violate the laws, they could face fines up to $100.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/local/central/city-clamps-down-on-parking-boots#viewSingle115972269">http://www.krqe.com/dpp/news/local/central/city-clamps-down-on-parking-boots#viewSingle115972269</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-91024268292312063712011-02-03T13:11:00.001-08:002011-04-19T09:05:14.398-07:00Parking boot gets the boot in one Georgia county<h1 class="entry-title">Parking boot gets the boot in one Georgia county </h1><br /><div id="storyInfoHolder"><span class="source-org vcard"><br /><p class="org fn">Associated Press </p></span><span id="dateInfo"><br /><p class="published dtstamp" title="2011-02-03t06:52:17z">Posted on February 3, 2011 at 8:52 AM</p></span></div><br /><div id="fbRecommend"></div><br /><div id="inset"></div><br /><p></p><br /><div style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size:12;">CANTON, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities in one Georgia county are giving the parking boot -- the boot. Cherokee County Commissioners have voted to ban the booting of cars and trucks. The clamps had been placed on cars that were "illegally parked" on private property. <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">One commissioner says car owners were being charged up to 500 bucks to have the boots removed.</span> But the owner of a company that uses the boots defends the practice. He tells the Cherokee Tribune the clamps were mostly used to prevent overnight parking of tractor trailers.<br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br />EDITORS COMMENT:<br /><br />Notice how the owner of the car booting business defends the practice by making the absurd claim that it "prevents" people from parking there. Let's examine this closer, so you see why I say it is absurd:<br /><br />If you paid the wrong meter box, or didn't pay on your way to the sandwich shop, you are not suddenly "guilty" of "parking illegally." Perhaps you were entering the shop to get change for the meter. Preemptive car booting denies the motorist any semblance of due process.<br /><br />They immobilize your car in their parking lot, which is an unlawful seizure of your property, then they charge you a fine, or a "release fee". They arrogantly "punish" you to deter you from violating their rules in the future. To teach you not to park there "illegally", they keep your car trapped in the very spot they supposedly don't want you to be parked in. This means that they are knowingly preventing their own lot from earning money from other motorists who might have utilized that spot.<br /><br />A NOTE ABOUT THE PHRASE "ILLEGALLY PARKED"<br /><br />They throw around the word "illegal" in order to make you feel like you committed a crime. It's part of the overall high pressure strategy intended to lessen your resistance to the coercion. If you paid the wrong slot or didn't see the sign, you didn't commit a crime. Remember, we're supposed to be "innocent until proven guilty."<br /><br />Car Booting on private parking lots is a ridiculous scam. They have no right to punish you, nor do they have the right to fine you. Your right to due process and your right to an appeal are both completely circumvented by these illegal booting operations. The idea that they have the right to do so because you're on their property is also nonsense. <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /><br />Those who hire car-booters to manage their lots are solely in it for the money. </span><br /><br />(<a href="http://fighttheboot.blogspot.com/2009/12/car-booting-million-dollar-year.html">CAR BOOTING A MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR EXTORTION RACKET</a>)<br /><br />These are multi-million dollar a year operations in larger cities. The lot owners display a very medieval understanding of property rights. These "private" parking lots are in public places, and masquerade as businesses. However, they are used as a means to entrap people, to seize their vehicles unlawfully, all with the express purpose of extorting their CASH.<br /><br />If it was about parking lot control, their objective would be to earn money by selling spaces by the hour. If that really was the case here, they would not keep their own spaces blocked by booting cars. They would write tickets instead. And why don't they? Because they don't have a legal right to demand these fees.<br /><br />The trick is simple. They pretend to be a business and solicit their parking spaces for your use. Then, if you don't pay, or pay the wrong box, they impound your car. They convict you of theft even though you may have been getting change to pay the meter. You are presumed guilty with no recourse, no appeal.<br /><br />Car booting on private lots is a total scam. It's a coercive and unethical practice. Don't fall for it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-59322560845115254182011-01-17T23:08:00.000-08:002011-01-17T23:09:59.330-08:00DOZENS OF CARS 'BOOTED' AT MLK PARADE<p>Las Vegas, NV -- Dozens of parade-goers were steaming mad Monday afternoon when they returned to a downtown parking lot to find their cars had been 'booted'.</p> <p>"A lot of people were yelling, a lot of people were swearing, a lot of people were cussing," says booted driver Breauna Trotter. "A lot of angry people."</p><p><br /></p><p>SOURCE: <a href="http://www.ktnv.com/story/13858837/c">http://www.ktnv.com/story/13858837/c</a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-73846890082565190402011-01-17T13:37:00.000-08:002011-01-17T13:38:24.843-08:00Illegally Booted Cars In Private Houston Lots<strong class="Dateline">HOUSTON -- </strong>Police have ruled more than 130 parking boots to be illegal on private parking lots throughout downtown Houston, but people have been forced to pay up regardless, Local 2 Investigates reported Tuesday.<br /><a href="http://www.click2houston.com/news/24419802/detail.html"><br />SOURCE http://www.click2houston.com/news/ </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-82185682764495534652010-12-14T15:19:00.000-08:002010-12-14T15:20:36.158-08:00BOGUS CAR BOOTERS"BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - A Birmingham city councilman wants to give the boot to folks who boot cars."<br /><br /><br /><br />SOURCE: <a href="http://www.myfoxal.com/Global/story.asp?S=13668566">http://www.myfoxal.com/Global/story.asp?S=13668566</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-6423897900429578272010-11-20T10:21:00.000-08:002010-11-20T10:22:22.004-08:00MAN SUES BOOTING COMPANY AND WINS "BIG CHECK"<object id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268"><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=ktrk§ion=&mediaId=7799651&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&configPath=/util/&site=" ></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=ktrk§ion=&mediaId=7799651&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&configPath=/util/&site="></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-42564922039431702492010-10-14T13:01:00.001-07:002010-10-14T13:01:58.839-07:00Car Booting 'Gestapo tactics'With at least a couple of city councilors opposing the move, and one resident denouncing it as "Gestapo tactics," city officials agreed this week to delay booting cars in residential areas or private driveways until they can gather more information.<br /><br />-- Steve Collins<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bristolpress.com/articles/2010/10/13/business/doc4cb5da1bc1b23110910228.txt">http://www.bristolpress.com/articles/2010/10/13/business/doc4cb5da1bc1b23110910228.txt>/a><br /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-79879600066402031112010-07-13T17:58:00.000-07:002010-07-13T18:03:05.389-07:00BOOTING IN MORE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS!!Here we go again. More clampers being hired to extort from private residences own driveways. Booting and demanding cash to remove the boot: <p orgfontsize="11.8833px">"They say that appears to constitute theft, also a crime."</p> <p orgfontsize="11.8833px">"I think it's ridiculous," says Stephanie Filipelli."</p> <p orgfontsize="11.8833px">"Unethical," adds Robert Soelberg, a retired police officer.</p><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12793954"><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12793954</a><br /><br />According to Nevada's own laws, however, this practice is ILLEGAL:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ktnv.com/Global/link.asp?L=448429">http://www.ktnv.com/Global/link.asp?L=448429</a><br /><br /></span><p orgfontsize="11.8833px">PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION!</p><p orgfontsize="11.8833px"><br /></p><p orgfontsize="11.8833px">Thanks!<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-1133810880120162362010-06-17T18:04:00.000-07:002010-06-18T00:15:35.609-07:00Theft, Extortion and False Pretenses<h1 style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> <span style="font-size:40%;"><a href="http://www.thesudburystar.com/Community/NewsDisplay.aspx?c=52921"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_FormView1_Label1">VEHICLE WHEEL CLAMPING IS ILLEGAL IN SUDBURY:</span></a></span></h1><span style="font-size:100%;">"</span><br />The POA also provides for a trial to prove your were guilty of the alleged offence. You weren’t given a trial or the option of having a trial, you were just found guilty and forced to pay on the spot by a private company who is breaking the law.<br /><br />Section 51 of the by-law articulates who can issue summons and tickets and NO WHERE does this by-law allow a private company to do ANYTHING to ANYONE regarding ANY alleged offence.<br /><br />In short, you got screwed.<br /><br />The city needs to require this company to reimburse ALL people who have been a victim of this scam since it began.<br /><br />Or you can sue them and you can seek additional damages for violating your charter rights. You can seek you legal costs in fighting this, too.<br /><br />And you will win, too!"<input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-39559886769135935442010-06-08T08:13:00.001-07:002010-06-08T08:15:51.840-07:00City of Moncton Begs for Boot Ban<p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"I'm fed up with this issue and I cannot accept any arguments from staff that there's nothing we can do because this action occurs on private property,"</span></span> said Boudreau.</p><p>He added the municipal building inspectors regulate the number of parking spaces rental houses must have on their property, so there must be a way to regulate private parking as well.</p><p style="font-weight: bold;">He asked city manager Jacques Dubé to prepare a bylaw for the next council meeting June 21.</p><p style="font-weight: bold;">Until then, he said, he'll be boycotting any businesses that boot.</p><p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;">"This is a straightforward matter. Let's ban those idiotic items!" he said. "This booting stuff is insane."</span></p><p style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><br /><br />SOURCE: <a href="http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/1085208"target="_blank">http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/1085208</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-78830337197840601292010-04-01T05:03:00.000-07:002010-04-01T05:12:47.854-07:00Class action suit filed against 'booting' company"LEE COUNTY: A Fort Myers law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit against a local security company for unfair vehicle booting practices:<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">...a class action lawsuit filed on Tuesday that claims Whitestone's booting fines are "illegal" and "nothing more than a profit enhancer."</span></span><br /><br />Last year, Collier County received so many booting complaints, most of them about Whitestone; it capped booting fines to $25.<br /><br />Ernest Aviles, a former Whitestone employee, claims his boss told him 'I want you to kill Lee County. I mean, I want you to hit them hard' (with booting fees). "<br /><br /><br /><br />SOURCE: <a href="http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=12191260#">http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=12191260#</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-46498914594785148102010-03-24T05:56:00.000-07:002010-03-24T05:57:47.271-07:00TIRE CLAMPERS DEFEATED IN LEE COUNTY<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.abc-7.com/global/video/videoplayer.js?rnd=191614;hostDomain=www.abc-7.com;playerWidth=300;playerHeight=240;isShowIcon=true;clipId=4644509;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=null;enableAds=false;landingPage=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.abc-7.com%252Fglobal%252Fcategory.asp%253Fc%253D170963;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript'></script><br /><br /><br />Source: <a href="http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=12191464">http://www.abc-7.com/Global/story.asp?S=12191464</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-35016244170545948872010-03-21T02:43:00.001-07:002010-03-21T02:53:22.589-07:00CAR BOOTER ADMITS TO CORRUPT BUSINESS PRACTICES"...Lee County commissioners will consider capping boot-removal fees at $50. Late last year, Collier County set a similar cap at 25 dollars, after receiving complaints about fees topping $200.<br /><br />Mr.Aviles, a former car booter says a lower fee is "...only fair, especially in the economy right now. I've seen people wake up in the morning, they couldn't take their kids to school, they couldn't go to work,<span style="font-weight: bold;"> they didn't have 160 dollars cash in their pocket to get that boot taken off."</span><br /><object height="264" width="320"><param name="movie" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" value="http://www.winknews.com/v/?i=87967007" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.winknews.com/v/?i=87967007" AllowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" height="264" wmode="transparent" width="320"></embed></object><br /><br />SOURCE:<a href="http://www.winknews.com/news/local/87967007.html"> http://www.winknews.com/news/local/87967007.html</a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-74961709974054096962010-02-27T13:25:00.000-08:002010-02-27T13:30:33.404-08:00DALLAS CONTINUES FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL CAR BOOTING"I just came out to go get something to eat, and then I came and saw my car was booted," Rivera said. "If that many cars are getting booted, there's got to be something wrong." <br /><br /><object id="4416" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="448" height="394"><param value="always" name="allowscriptaccess"><param name="movie" value="http://www.nbcdfw.com/syndication?id=83856542&path=%2Ftraffic%2Ftransit"><embed src="http://www.nbcdfw.com/syndication?id=83856542&path=%2Ftraffic%2Ftransit" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" width="448" height="394"></embed><p style="font-size: small;">View more news videos at: <a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/video">http://www.nbcdfw.com/video</a>.</p></object> <p id="paragraph17"><a title="Francisco Guzman" href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/topics?topic=Francisco+Guzman" class="informTopicLink" style="">Francisco Guzman</a>, who was parked just a few spots down, said he also paid the parking fee.</p> <p id="paragraph18">"There's a ticket here, and there's a couple of boots on my wheels," he said.</p> <p id="paragraph19">"We paid our $5," one angry customer told the parking lot attendant. "Where did it go?"</p> <p id="paragraph20">"There should be a camera showing that he put the money in there, because I witnessed him putting the money in there," said another irate customer. <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"We're not crazy. It has to be some kind of scam or something."</span></span></p> <p id="paragraph21">The drivers had to pay $100 to get the boots removed from their cars.</p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" id="paragraph22"><span style="font-size:130%;">"This is theft, because I did pay the $5," Guzman said.</span></p> <p id="paragraph23">The car owners said they plan to appeal the fines they had to pay to get the boots removed from their vehicles."</p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/traffic/transit/Deep-Ellum-Boot-Ordinance-Could-Go-City-Wide-83735172.html" taret="_blank"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-15392879717656308762010-02-24T19:56:00.001-08:002010-02-24T20:01:25.198-08:00RESIDENTS' CARS BEING BOOTED AND TOWED FROM THEIR OWN DRIVEWAYS!<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Another out of control booting company:<br /><p style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt;" id="kslvid9776182"></p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://pandora.bonnint.net/video/embed-p.php?id=9776182"></script><p style="border: 0pt none ; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; outline-color: -moz-use-text-color; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0pt; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 0.75em; text-align: center; width: 424px;">Video Courtesy of <a href="http://www.ksl.com/">KSL.com</a></p><br /><br />"The residents said they believed the park's management was getting a kickback from all the towing..."</span></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9776182"target="_blank">http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=9776182</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-11150135684938445762010-01-17T20:01:00.000-08:002010-01-17T20:07:22.632-08:00WHEEL CLAMPERS TARGET CARS TRAPPED BY SNOW"Motorists who abandoned their cars in a pub car park returned the next day to find that they had been wheel-clamped. The drivers left their vehicles outside the Roebuck Inn, in Winchester, Hampshire, after ice and snow brought traffic to a standstill."<br /><br /><div id="CommentBody[2]" class="Comments_CommentText">"This is the bit that is so galling about this story.....the pub was shut at the time, has been shut for days and has signs ALL OVER saying that it would not re-open until the new year. <span style="font-weight: bold;">It's not exactly as if there were paying customers that lost out on parking spaces!!</span>" --Jim Evans<br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article6965764.ece" target="_blank">SOURCE: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article6965764.ece</a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-75917551989141469412010-01-09T18:57:00.000-08:002010-01-09T19:00:59.447-08:00"CAR BOOTING" BAD FOR BUSINESS"...While details and locations vary slightly, the villain remains the same: booting companies. <span class="vitstorybody"> <p> A growing number of folks have parked in unattended lots, left their money in a steel box as instructed and returned to their cars to find a boot on the tire. The men in bulletproof vests who arrive to remove the boot will only set vehicles free for a large fee. Assertions that they paid to park get car owners nowhere, leaving them stranded with an immobile vehicle. </p> <p> <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Finally, though, the city of Dallas is cracking down on booters gone bad.</span></span></p></span><br /><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-booting_30edi.State.Edition1.2df3ec2.html" target="_blank">Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-booting_30edi.State.Edition1.2df3ec2.html</a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-28431788389961811302010-01-09T01:12:00.000-08:002010-01-09T01:13:55.926-08:00CAR BOOTER FINED $18,000.00"California: Police Car Booting Extortion Scheme Foiled<br /><br />Former reserve cop pleads guilty to forgery in scheme that made thousands from booting cars.<br /><br />Brian Hanhart pleaded no contest on September 11 to forgery after being accused of running an extortion scheme while serving as a reserve sheriff's deputy in Marina del Rey, California. Hanhart runs Municipal Parking Services, a company that placed boots on vehicles parked in private lots in Lawndale and El Camino Village in 2004. Hanhart sought payment of $80-100 for the release of each car.<br /><br />An August 2004 opinion by the state attorney general made it clear that police officers may only boot cars located on public streets. Hanhart must now perform ninety days worth of community service and pay $18,000 to charity -- an amount designed to deprive him of the profits gained from his illegal booting scheme."<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bootandtow.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11" target="_blank">Source: http://www.bootandtow.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=11</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-74971058529443664462010-01-09T00:59:00.000-08:002010-01-09T01:00:45.399-08:00HOW TO COMBAT PARKING LOT FRAUD"...We intend to try to use video surveillance and any other means available to document what these THIEVES are doing. We have created a Facebook page called <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Were-Declaring-War-on-the-Parking-Lot-Boot-Crooks-in-downtown-Dallas/228142223278"target="_blank">"We're Declaring War on the Parking Lot Boot Crooks in downtown Dallas"</a>, which we will use to document incidents. If you have a story to tell about the parking lot thugs, we would welcome your input to that page. <p class="quiet"><em>Posted by Mike O."</em></p><a href="http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2010/jan/02/how-combat-parking-lot-fraud/" target="_blank">Source: http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2010/jan/02/how-combat-parking-lot-fraud/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-88961789247944273382010-01-09T00:45:00.000-08:002010-01-09T00:46:17.222-08:00DALLAS' NEW ANTI-CAR BOOTING ORDINANCE TAKING EFFECT<span style="font-size:130%;">"...Booting companies can be cited and fined up to $500 for each violation."</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/010810dnmetparking.3d4f12a.html" target="_blank">Source: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/010810dnmetparking.3d4f12a.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-56838238474420415112010-01-05T22:26:00.000-08:002010-01-05T22:32:13.365-08:00Deep Ellum Bans "Tire-Boots"<div class="image_embed"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="overlay_wrap_lead" id="jqm_trg_1"><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="dropshadow mainLeadImageWidth"><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="bordermask"><img src="http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/410*224/lunapic-124479277724341.jpg" alt="" title="" class="storyImage1" width="410" border="0" height="224" /></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- \\ IMAGE OVERLAY // -->The rules have changed when it comes to parking in private lots in Deep Ellum. As of Friday, lots in Deep Ellum that allow booting must issue parking receipts, either electronically or through an attendant. The Dallas City Council approved the ordinance in August after hundreds of drivers complained about having their cars booted, even though they'd paid to park.<br /><br />Barry Annino, President of the Deep Ellum Foundation says "...the new ordinance was more than a year in the making. “It’s taken thousands of emails, complaints and hours at City Hall.”<br /><br /><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/The-Parking-Rules--80486762.html" target="_blank">Source: http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/The-Parking-Rules--80486762.html</a><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445750957604933473.post-16324445526764010052010-01-02T00:28:00.000-08:002010-01-02T00:30:54.280-08:00TIRE CLAMPING ILLEGAL IN SAN DIEGO"A company that was ordered last month by the state to stop clamping vehicles on Capitol Hill has moved its operations to San Diego, in a state where officials have also deemed the practice illegal. <p>Total Parking Solutions, a Seattle-area company, has been operating without a city business permit, according to officials with the Treasurer's Office in San Diego. <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lot attendants have been demanding that vehicle owners pay $280 to remove boots from cars parked in business parking lots."</span></span></p><input id="gwProxy" type="hidden"><!--Session data--><input onclick="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" type="hidden"><div id="refHTML"></div><a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/220385_clamping16.html" target="_blank">SOURCE: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/220385_clamping16.html</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1