Posted on 10/20/2016 10:00:15 AM PDT by servo1969
If you haven’t paid your parking tickets you may soon have a face-to-face with “the Barnacle.”
The yellow monstrosity, which latches on to the windshield and blocks the driver’s view, rendering the car undriveable, has already begun replacing the parking boot in cities like Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as part of a 60-day trial that began Sept. 23.
The peculiar device is more effective than the boot at immobilizing cars and is easier to install, Kevin Dougherty, president of the New York-based Barnacle Parking Enforcement, told Philly.com.
The Barnacle — an opaque piece of plastic held in place by two suction cups and 750 pounds of force — makes it nearly impossible for a driver to drive away, even if they think they can cleverly stick their head out of the window.
“If you ever actually try to drive that way, it’s physically very difficult,” Dougherty said.
The tech-savvy device is also sensitive to movement and will sound an alarm if it detects that a car is in use while it’s attached.
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You are, evidently, unexperienced in dealing with parking nazis
— they'll find any reason to catch you, even if it's something like disregarding that you can park there if it's at all questionable (like faded paint or sinage).
“Which means that a small drill which makes a hole in the plastic (but hopefully not hitting the glass of the windshield), thus allowing air in and breaking the suction, will make it un-stick. “
My first thought.
“Keep your windshield filthy and it can’t stick.”
They pack Windex.
A piece of fishing line and a couple of sticks for handles should make short work of the suction cups.
Looks like the supplying contractor needs some more money and dems need a cash infusion the coffers! Otherwise what was wrong with the old ones?
This thing is just an engineering problem waiting to be solved.
Any damage to the barnacle and you’ll be buying the a new one plus extra fines. The physicist in me says you could heat the glass under the sucker on your windshield on the inside with a micro torch or maybe a even a cigarette lighter and probably pop it off.
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