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...addition to paying all their outstanding fines, drivers who get booted must pay a $25 removal charge, plus an extra $5 for each day the boot...
When attached to the tire, the boot renders a car immobile by clamping onto the rim of the tire and locking it in place. The boot also covers the hub cap, thus preventing a motorist from merely taking off the locked tire...
...city may also give the boot to any driver who amasses five delinquent tickets in a year, but probably will restrict itself at first to offenders with many more, Teso said...
Trying to drive the car with the boot on it will not only damage the car extensively, but, if caught, makes the driver liable for a $500 fines, Teso said. A mechanically inclined person might be able to remove the boot, within a few hours, but would probably get caught in the act, Teso said...
...boot is part of a streamlined effort to collect delinquent parking fines, made possible by a statute passed as part of the 1982 state budget, which allows city officials to impound cars directly instead of waiting for a court order, Teso said...