Summary
Dallas is cracking down on unpaid parking tickets by slapping high-tech suction-cup windshield blockers, called Barnacles, onto repeat offenders' cars. If your car gets immobilized, you'll have to settle your debts and haul the heavy device over to Oak Cliff to finally get moving again.
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Impact analysis
This new enforcement tool helps the city recover lost revenue from unpaid parking tickets without immediately resorting to expensive towing fees.
Taxpayers and rule-following drivers benefit because the city is finally collecting the money it's owed from scofflaws.
Drivers with three or more unpaid parking tickets get their cars locked down and have to deal with the major hassle of returning the device.
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