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Alternative to the clamp road tested in New York

02 December 2016
Once a Barnacle covers a car`s windscreen it can only be released using a special code
Once a Barnacle covers a car`s windscreen it can only be released using a special code

 

The wheel clamp, a device that has sown much discord between parking operators and drivers, was ironically the brainchild of a musician. Frank Marugg, a violinist with the Denver Symphony Orchestra, came up with the idea in 1944. It was adopted by the city’s police force as a way of ensuring scofflaws paid parking penalties. The success of the ‘Denver Boot’ led to the clamp spreading across the United States and then the world.

Now an American company has developed a new means...

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