Pour moi, en tant qu’automobiliste, ce serait la honte ultime! J’ai d’ailleurs l’honneur d’avouer que je n’ai jamais eu a subir une telle humiliation. Imaginez que vous sortez prendre votre auto stationnée dans la rue et qu’on y a mis un beau sabot de Denver.
Quand je vivais à Montréal, j’en ai tellement vue! Ici, en Californie, pas tant que ca. L’humiliation aura une chance d’être à court terme dorénavant car la ville de Oakland sera la première en Californie a instauré un sabot qui vous donnera l’option de payer sur place et de débloquer votre pneu.
Par contre, tout a un prix. En plus de payer votre contravention, il y a des frais de $140 pour procéder à la transaction. Le tout est disponible sur une ligne téléphonique. Ce n’est pas tout! Que faites-vous du sabot? C’est la responsabilité du fautif de le retourner à l’un des deux endroits, sinon des frais de 25$/jour seront déduit de sa carte de crédit. Le nouveau sabot, “Smart Boot”, est installé pendant 24 heures. Par la suite, c’est bye-bye et on remorquera l’automobile… au frais du propriétaire évidemment!
À ce prix-là, vaut mieux payer la contravention avant d’avoir de mauvaises surprises!
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/13/BAJ31AJFLI.DTL
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For me, as a driver, it would be the ultimate shame! I have the honor to say that I never had to have such humiliation in my life. Imagine that you cross the street to go into your car and realize one of the tire has a boot on it.
When I was living in Montreal, I have seen so many of them! Here, in California, not as many. The humiliation will have a chance to be short-term from now on because the city of Oakland will be the first one in California to offer a smart boot that will give you the option to pay on the spot and let your tire free.
However, as usual, everything has a price. Besides the fact that you will have to pay your fine, there will be a $140 processing fee. Everything can be paid through a 24-hours hot line. That’s not all! What do you do with the boot? It is the responsibility of the unlucky motorists to return within 24 hours the smart boot to either of two locations in Oakland, otherwise there will be a $25-per-day charge on his or her credit card. The new Smart Boot is installed for 24 hours. After that, it is bye-bye and the car will be towed… at the expense of the owner, of course!
At this price, it is better to pay the fine than living the bad consequences!
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/13/BAJ31AJFLI.DTL
Quand je vivais à Montréal, j’en ai tellement vue! Ici, en Californie, pas tant que ca. L’humiliation aura une chance d’être à court terme dorénavant car la ville de Oakland sera la première en Californie a instauré un sabot qui vous donnera l’option de payer sur place et de débloquer votre pneu.
Par contre, tout a un prix. En plus de payer votre contravention, il y a des frais de $140 pour procéder à la transaction. Le tout est disponible sur une ligne téléphonique. Ce n’est pas tout! Que faites-vous du sabot? C’est la responsabilité du fautif de le retourner à l’un des deux endroits, sinon des frais de 25$/jour seront déduit de sa carte de crédit. Le nouveau sabot, “Smart Boot”, est installé pendant 24 heures. Par la suite, c’est bye-bye et on remorquera l’automobile… au frais du propriétaire évidemment!
À ce prix-là, vaut mieux payer la contravention avant d’avoir de mauvaises surprises!
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/13/BAJ31AJFLI.DTL
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For me, as a driver, it would be the ultimate shame! I have the honor to say that I never had to have such humiliation in my life. Imagine that you cross the street to go into your car and realize one of the tire has a boot on it.
When I was living in Montreal, I have seen so many of them! Here, in California, not as many. The humiliation will have a chance to be short-term from now on because the city of Oakland will be the first one in California to offer a smart boot that will give you the option to pay on the spot and let your tire free.
However, as usual, everything has a price. Besides the fact that you will have to pay your fine, there will be a $140 processing fee. Everything can be paid through a 24-hours hot line. That’s not all! What do you do with the boot? It is the responsibility of the unlucky motorists to return within 24 hours the smart boot to either of two locations in Oakland, otherwise there will be a $25-per-day charge on his or her credit card. The new Smart Boot is installed for 24 hours. After that, it is bye-bye and the car will be towed… at the expense of the owner, of course!
At this price, it is better to pay the fine than living the bad consequences!
Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/13/BAJ31AJFLI.DTL
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