The renewed focus follows a court injunction that halted a police directive treating barnacles used on private property the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drivers accumulating unpaid parking tickets in West Palm Beach may find an unwelcome surprise when they return to their cars. The ...

A Philadelphia City Council member is pushing to restrict the use of a controversial parking enforcement tactic in private ...

Councilmember Mark Squilla on Thursday introduced an ordinance that would ban windshield barnacles from being placed on cars ...

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 ...

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 ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The traditional parking-enforcement "boot" is getting the boot. The city of Bend has implemented a new tool to enforce parking ticket payments. If you have several outstanding ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia's City Council Committee on Public Safety held hearings on Monday about the use of "windshield barnacles" by private towing companies. This comes following an ...

A proposed ordinance aims to restrict the use of a controversial parking enforcement tactic. The Philadelphia City Council is considering a bill that calls for regulations on windshield barnacles. The ...

University of Kansas Transportation Services has begun using a new device called The Barnacle instead of towing in certain situations, KU said in a news release Monday. The Barnacle is a lightweight, ...

HOUSTON – The University of Houston is responding after a Twitter user complained about a $920 parking violation that included a windshield device akin to a tire boot dubbed “the barnacle.” $920 to ...