U.S.-style parking boot comes to Toronto
Posted May 27, 2011 6:35 pm.
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A U.S.-style parking boot – familiar to fans of the show “Parking Wars” – has made its way to Toronto.
Private companies, not the city, are using the devices on allegedly illegally-parked cars.
One man said it amounts to extortion – he was asked to pay $100 on the spot to have the boot removed.
CityNews reporter Francis D’Souza has more in the video below.