Boot Removal Fines Go Way Up

When some people get the boot put on their car (for, say, unpaid parking tickets), they do the only plausible thing: Use magical powers to take it off and drive away scot free. Or maybe they use a jackhammer or crowbar or something. Apparently you can also deflate the tire and a few other tricks.

The city doesn’t like this, obviously, and so recently City Council began the process to raise fines for boot removal! Everyone’s favorite public servant, Vince Fennerty of the Philadelphia Parking Authority, explained to a Council committee:

“There are people in the city that think they can cut a boot off. It’s illegal.”

Fennerty is mum on how it’s done: “The boots are very sophisticated. I don’t believe it is crow-bar oriented. And I will not comment further because I don’t want to give anyone any ideas.”

He asked for a $400 raise of the $300 fine, but Council went one better and made it $1000. I am certain the people with unpaid parking tickets will now be deterred. Erhm.

Higher Fines Planned for Phila. ”Boot” Escape Artists [KYW 1060]

Free Saturday Parking!

Hey, I almost forgot! Parking is free on Saturdays after 11 a.m. for the rest of the year. “We have the free meter parking every Saturday,” says PPA spokeswoman Linda Miller. [KYW 1060]