Whatever happened to parking permits, parking officers, and parking tickets?
The article says that this was used on cars that already had three unpaid parking fines on record.
Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
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Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#22Like adversaries who attempt to outrun a radio, "outsmarting" law enforcement who have your license-plate number is a generally poor strategy. Likewise, putting the police-department's SIM in your phone has some pretty clear downsides.
I don't believe campus police actually has any legal power. It also isn't the police department's SIM card, Barnacle owns it - of course it's still considered theft.
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#23Like adversaries who attempt to outrun a radio, "outsmarting" law enforcement who have your license-plate number is a generally poor strategy. Likewise, putting the police-department's SIM in your phone has some pretty clear downsides.
It isn’t actually law enforcement, though. It’s some division of the university which is enforcing parking rules.
Right, but student codes of conduct may have a word about that.
My guess was that the university couldn’t really enforce its paper tickets because they weren’t real police, so they resorted to boots and barnacles.
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#24"a user who found out his campus only had 12 wheel boots to go around and bought and illegally parked 12 scrapyard cars that could be “sacrificed” so everyone else could park however they wanted." Not all heroes wear capes.
Maybe this one does.
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#25This reminds me of when I was in Hawaii visiting my brother who lived in a high rise building. This was years ago so all I had ever know was the lock and key but his building had key cards and the doors would just unlock with the swipe of a card and you could go to your unit. He explained they are just magnetically locked. I asked well couldn't you just pry them open? We decided to try and sure enough with 2 of use w…
That doesn't seem like they used an electromagnet that was strong enough (an implementation problem rather than a problem with the design). Well-provisioned magnetic door locks should be stronger than the door or a comparable physical lock.
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#26> Obviously, some students thought that fee was ridiculous – just like paying for parking at a university where you’re already paying a hefty tuition fee
I hate parking fees as much as the next person, and totally appreciate the creativity of the people who defeated this device.
However, how should we handle distributing a limited number of parking spaces when there are more people who want to park than available spaces?
If we just say "free to park anywhere!", then there is a good chance you come to school and can't park anywhere (especially if you are not there super early)
You could do a lottery, I guess, but then people who don't need parking might enter the lottery and then sell their spot... making parking even more expensive.
Parking fees seem like a fair way to distribute the limited resource.
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#28"a user who found out his campus only had 12 wheel boots to go around and bought and illegally parked 12 scrapyard cars that could be “sacrificed” so everyone else could park however they wanted." Not all heroes wear capes.
Why is everyone in this thread celebrating people who park selfishly?!
Taking up spaces with abandoned cars is a particularly miserable thing to do that makes the original underlying problem worse!
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#29They even ticket employee's cars that are breaking the parking rules on campus.
Re: Students defeat new 'Barnacle' parking clamp, skip fines and get free internet
#30This is just a bunch of unverified reddit/Twitter reposts. I’m sure the defrost trick works in winter, but it won’t work as well in summer.
I suspect in warm climates, the sun will save you the trouble of the defroster, especially if they fit it in the morning when it is cooler and you come back in the late afternoon when the car is at its hottest to reduce the vacuum pressure and the seal rubber at its most pliable due to the heat.