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This isn’t police boots, these are private lots. Personally, I think it should be illegal in any civil instances to boot a car, it should only be used by cops for major offenders.

There is nothing immoral about what these girls are doing, IMO. There are a LOT of boot lickers in this thread today.



I am somewhat skeptical of the $50 they take for "freeing" the car. That for me personally puts it in a bit of gray area...


That's why they wear masks. Plenty of Silicon Valley businesses start out by openly breaking the law, too.

The $50 covers the cost of travel, tools, advertising and personal risk.


> Plenty of Silicon Valley businesses start out by openly breaking the law, too.

If these girls had an app, they'd qualify for Y Combinator.


Maybe, but their time to drive to your car and unlock it is worth something. And if you've gotten booted, your ticket fines greatly exceed $50, possibly by an order of magnitude. A Boot Girl's gotta eat, y'know?


Someone drives onto your private lot and leaves. What should be the recourse available to you as a property owner?


Paper ticket. Eligible for tow X hours after the ticket.

Immobilizing the car is a ludicrous solution. Someone left something on your property you want them to remove- and the solution is to prevent them from removing it?


Why a delay before it is eligible for tow?


To cover the common case where someone is slightly late to move their vehicle in a way that is less disruptive to both the vehicle owner and road users than a large tow vehicle loading the vehicle to haul away. And to provide an evidence trail to combat fraudulent tow companies.


You're arguing a strawman.

Were there large signs, fences and gates to suggest it was private?

I used to live across the street from a park with public parking, and a business with a private lot. I saw people park in the private lot all of the time because there was no signage indicating it was private. It never became a problem for anyone, but the point is people make honest mistakes.


Sue them for trespass.




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