The NYPD is unleashing barnacles to battle parking pirates. The department this week said it will begin using “windshield boots” — a 17-pound device that attaches to a vehicle’s windshield like a ...

Enforcement of unpaid parking tickets has begun with a windshield blocker called Barnacle, the operators of Scranton’s downtown parking system remind motorists. The suction device that sticks to a ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia City Council is pushing to pass new laws to regulate windshield barnacles. It comes after the Action News Investigative Team uncovered the use of the barnacles in ...

Drivers accumulating unpaid parking tickets in West Palm Beach may find an unwelcome surprise when they return to their cars. The city's parking enforcement division has a device called the Barnacle — ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A controversial parking enforcement tactic in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia is drawing complaints from drivers who say they are being charged $100 or more to ...

SCRANTON – Parking scofflaws in Scranton will soon get stuck between a “Barnacle” windshield blocker and their unpaid ticket citations. Grow America, which is the outside operator of the city’s street ...

Philadelphia City Council is once again taking up the debate over windshield "barnacles," turning to legislation after a judge blocked police from enforcing a directive governing their use in private ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD’s newly announced traffic enforcement tool known as “The Barnacle” will be tested over a period of two months, according to reports. According to WPIX, a photo of “The ...