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> It’s done by private orgs, not the city. There is no ticket. Just a boot and a fine to pay to remove the boot. So you can expect that "thanks" to these girls
by mk89 3y ago
> It’s done by private orgs, not the city. There is no ticket. Just a boot and a fine to pay to remove the boot.
So you can expect that "thanks" to these girls, the city will give authority to these third party companies to put a boot on the car and make it illegal to remove it? I don't foresee any other pro-people action: the easiest is to make it illegal to remove a boot.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoFrom the article, it sounds like it already is: > “While owning a boot key is not illegal, here is what the public needs to know,” reads the department’s Facebook page. “If you use a Boot Key to modify, tamper, or disengage a booting device from a vehicle, you can be charged with: Criminal Trespass, and/or Theft of Services, and/orTheft by Taking, and/or Damage to Property 2nd Degree.”
- mk89 3y agoEven if these are from third parties and not the city itself? I read comments here of people who got their car "booted" (not sure what verb to use:) ) by not authorized companies. How do you even know what is authorized and what is scam? What a nasty issue, to be honest.
- prepend 3y agoThat was my biggest complaint. There’s a lot of rules around towing, but booting is all over the place and not really regulated.
- prepend 3y agoThere’s a bill in the state assembly to make booting illegal. It didn’t pass this year, but the representative claims they will reintroduce it again. It’s already only legal in a few small areas. It’s more likely that booting will stop altogether than new, pro-boot legislation will pass.
- mk89 3y agoI hope so for you guys. I personally don't have experience with this extortion around booting a car, but, wow. It's incredible sometimes to hear that this happens in a modern city/country.