CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — City of Charleston Parking officers plan to try a new tactic for immobilizing vehicles with an excessive amount of unpaid parking tickets. The pilot program will use the ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The NYPD has rolled out a new parking enforcement tool that locks onto a vehicle’s windshield. The windshield boot, also known as the “barnacle device,” can immobilize vehicles that ...

SAN MARCOS, Texas — The city of San Marcos is introducing a new immobilizing device to crack down on unpaid parking violations. The enforcement tool, called the Barnacle, will be used on habitual ...

HOUSTON – The University of Houston is responding after a Twitter user complained about a $920 parking violation that included a windshield device akin to a tire boot dubbed “the barnacle.” $920 to ...