In Australia, fines cannot be imposed by private companies. Also once those devices go onto your car, they become your property. Feel free to use an 18V angle grinder to free the boot.
What cost more? The ticket or the key? Only in Atlanta ( he got it from the boot company for a percentage ). If it's legal then you know that the city is getting its cut ( not to mention the warranty for unpaid parking tickets, the tow, the impound fees, and the city of Atlanta impound auction. It is a win, win all the way around for the city and tow companies.
In Chicago, they sold the rights to the parking meters to a private equity firm for 30 years for nearly Pennie’s. I think it took them 5 ish years to recoup their investment. That private equity firm has major foreign investors too :). Are you tired of not being as free as america is?
@@willhaddock8471 what? if you park in someone else’s spot they don’t boot you, they completely tow your shxt lol, idk what you’re talking about that doesn’t even make sense, you get a boot for not paying parking tickets
I agree, they should be able to tow it but immobilizing it actually goes against their best interest. It prevents the car from getting off their property making their situation worse as now it's there longer. It should also open themselves up to liability for what the car owner suffers as loss due to this delay, and perhaps even criminally as blocking one's car has been seen as illegal detainment in some jurisdictions, yes it's rare but has happened. And if that person is a first responder or perhaps a off duty cop and gets a call this could and I'm sure has cost lives.
I would pay him to boot my daughters car she killing my car insurance 🤣 we not gonna talk about how she flooded the basement while washing clothes matter of fact boot my house 💯
@@willhaddock8471 they shouldn't put their parking in such a cramped and busy area to where people can't even find parking and charging you for free space. Build smarter not dumber
@@rodneyhorsley8601 there are Lways circumstances that happen. What if I had to get rushed to the ER because of something that happened in the building owned by the garage, and now I’m stuck with paying this on top of it?
Technically, there is no law against holding someone's property hostage for fines, but nothing against leaving the scene. So if someone does leave they technically would be charged for the device itself.
As a locksmith, I approve. He should charge much less though considering how cheap those key blanks are and how easily they are duplicated. The best alternative though, tubular lockpick. Never worry if your key bitting is correct, just pick the lock open regardless.
@@Darknesssleeps That's fine, he should still charge less. These companies will adapt and change the bitting of the locks, change their hardware, etc etc. He isn't doing anything extra special in a sense that anyone who knows how to make those keys or pick those locks can do it just as easy. There's a value to what a locksmith does but over charging is nearly as bad as these places putting the boot on.
@@VashTS02 yeah but if you think about it tho having a key is valuable because you can use it multiple times until they change the entire boot lock design. You can unlock friends and families etc. I think the price is fine.
@@Darknesssleeps To each their own, if I was selling those keys personally I'd charge less. I don't typically deal with tubular keys anymore outside of unlocking the occasional "safe" though so who am I to say.
I was just pondering that one myself. I work at a hotel and we have plenty of illegally parked vehicles here all the time, but instead of making it impossible for the cars to leave, we just call the sheriff to ticket them, and if they still won't leave, we have a local tow company that will remove problem vehicles for free. I don't know how they can do that for free, and I feel like I'm probably safer not knowing what they do with the vehicles to get their money back for the free tows, but it works for them, it works for us and we don't care about the people who parked illegally - most of the time it turns out the cars were non-op or unregistered and likely abandoned on our property anyway.
Becuase the towing often results in frivolous lawsuits and the tow trucks eat through gas like its on sale. I can throw several dozen boots into the back of a little honda civic and spend almost nothing on gas and avoid the frivolous lasuits. (Oh you want to take a picture of your car illegally parked to show my boot. Go right ahead I don't even need to bring evidence to court you'll prove you were illegally parked)
for cities they work but are only used if you have multiple violations and its cheaper than towing your car. Though I believe after so many days they do tow it.
@@AndroidsMusic Private companies are hired by the cities to enforce the fines. The companies are getting paid for the work the cities are still taking the revenue from the citations.
@@zetapingpong There are no citations. This is solely for parking on private property. The city has nothing to do with it. This is the lazy way to enforce the "No Unauthorized Parking" that private businesses post on their Private Property. The companies will just have to start towing again and charging larger impound fees.
@@0annonymous I'm disabled but no dumb company would ever try their garbage where I live. These kinds of companies pick ignorant people who live like cockroachs 🪳 stacked on top of each other breathing in recycled air 500,000 people already breathed in.
@@0annonymous Disagree. The laws need to be applied evenly to all, even the elderly, ill and disabled. Either the legal system is impartial or it is not.
@@AllenHanPR they better take a picture then and prove it was on my car otherwise it's a cockroach company's word against mine. I bet a judge has been towed and don't like those boots either
Private parking tickets can be sent to collections. It’s not a legal matter, but they can destroy your credit if you don’t pay them. It’s similar to any business transaction. You enter into a contract when you park on their private lot which makes their fees and penalties enforceable.
@Hi It's Me Except they have to prove you agreed to said contract. A lot of these lots lack posted signs stating parking is for customers only or the terms of said agreement and you can't agree to something you didn't know existed.
@@giantdad1661 - Wouldn’t be hard to prove or just make it difficult for you to get out of… but yea, that’s why these companies are resorting to boots… so they can collect
The fact that private companies are putting boots on cars sounds almost like they could be liable for any damages to the car as a result of the boot, simply taping a notice to the window is insufficient.
The fact that you illegally park your car on someone's private property sound like the property owner shouldn't be liable for any damage that occurs to your car.
@@NCHeel No, according to the law, you’re not allowed to destroy somebody else’s property. Now you’ve broken the law too. Sounds like you don’t actually care about the law
@@neilkurzman4907 boot*edited doesn’t destroy property. Now if they decide to try to drive while the boot is on they are liable for their own property damage and any damage to the boot. The fact that they are on somebody else’s property is just cream on top. Misdemeanors for everyone!
@@hurotiz The details of that are going to vary by state. Typically they are allowed to tow your car and charge you for the tow. That’s not going to change anytime soon
The boot companies that put on cars are pissed right now. This man is cutting into their profits. I wish I could say I feel bad for the companies but I really don’t.
@@ratsumatra3003 If he raises awareness and a law gets passed that bans private companies from booting people's cars, the boot companies lose a gigantic percentage of their customers
@@Buzzlightyear575 parking in the wrong spot is a crime. you cant park near a fire hydrant, or anywhere near no parking signs. or parking too long near a meter. committing a crime doesn't guarantee jail. some just have fees.
*With a $20.00 impressioning tool you can not only unlock all of these boots but also use it to make duplicate keys. What he did was very smart and very easy.*
@@wizardsuth because the companies will find out his identity they'll talk with the news company they'll try to find out where he lives they'll find out where he works they'll sue him like the guy above you said Life must be really hard for you if you can't figure this out
@@steveanimatrix3887 Definitely in fact him having a website makes it easy for people to just make a quick Google search collect the information they need to contact him and then serve him a court order I totally forgot about that thank you for adding in your two cents
1)He is using someone on the inside to get the specs. 2)Maybe a implication with the law on how he is getting the print 3) Doesn't want the city to pull a uno reverse card Using some street smarts I found 3 possible reasons off the top of my head of why he doesn't want to tell
the only real issue i can see with this is if someone takes the boot off an puts it on someone elses car who didnt do anything wrong and now they are stuck having to pay to get it removed
I guess you could lock it to a utility pole? Or drop it off at the fire department in the infant drop box? Book return at the library? Flag pole at city hall? Mayors house?
What cost more? The ticket or the key? Only in Atlanta ( he got it from the boot company for a percentage ). If it's legal then you know that the city is getting its cut ( not to mention the warranty for unpaid parking tickets, the tow, the impound fees, and the city of Atlanta impound auction. It is a win, win all the way around for the city and tow companies.
They tried using car boots in France. It didn't work because people would put superglue in the lock, and it was too expensive for the towing companies to keep replacing their boots.
These are private parking lots, not city tickets. They're guilty of extortion. And as was noted, there's nothing illegal about removing the things - only damaging or taking them.
They have to copyright the key for it to be illegal. Removing an item placed on your car before you have been convicted of a crime Is not illegal. Done and done.
Is he a locksmith??? Whatever licensing and certification locksmiths have, his should be removed. Practicing as a locksmith would be a violation thereafter. He's a criminal!!!
