US EditionWhat's a Barnacle? It's yellow, sticks and screams if you try to pry it off your car
- The University of Regina is using Barnacles for persistent parking fine offenders, with a private company in Ontario also utilizing the device.
- The Barnacle uses strong suction cups with over 450 kilograms of force on the windshield if fines are still unpaid after warning notices.
- Compared to traditional towing, the Barnacle is a less invasive enforcement tool, triggering an alarm if tampered with, as stated by Dederick.
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What's a Barnacle? It's yellow, sticks and screams if you try to pry it off your car
Barnacles have appeared on vehicles in Saskatchewan’s capital, but they’re not sticky little water-dwelling crustaceans. The bright yellow devices, used to make sure parking scofflaws pay their tickets, could soon be making their way to other parts of the country. “You will see more and more Barnacles,” Colin Heffron, chairman of Barnacle Parking, said in […]
Winnipeg Free Press
What's a Barnacle? It's yellow, sticks and screams if you try to pry it off your car
Barnacles have appeared on vehicles in Saskatchewan’s capital, but they’re not sticky little water-dwelling crustaceans. The bright yellow devices, used to make sure parking scofflaws pay their tickets, could soon […]
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What’s a Barnacle? It’s yellow, sticks and screams if you try to pry it off your car
Barnacles have appeared on vehicles in Saskatchewan’s capital, but they’re not sticky little water-dwelling crustaceans. The bright yellow devices, used to make sure parking scofflaws pay their tickets, could soon be making their way to other parts of the country. “You will see more and more Barnacles,” Colin Heffron, chairman of Barnacle Parking, said in an interview from New Jersey. When a Barnacle is placed on a vehicle’s windshield, commerc…
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