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Title: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: amazonian on 05 October 2016, 16:53:19
Here is a new one for you,

www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Forget-wheel-clamp-security-firm-reveals-Barnacle-blocks-entire-windscreen.html

I'm looking forward to some ingenious ideas as to how to remove it, without paying of course!

 :) :)
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: aaronjb on 05 October 2016, 16:58:28
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However, if a driver attempts to pull it off, a built-in anti-tamper alarm will sound that sounds off until the person stops stimulating it.

I'd hate it if an alarm went off every time I stimulated my barnacle.
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: STEMO on 05 October 2016, 17:38:33
Here is a new one for you,

www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Forget-wheel-clamp-security-firm-reveals-Barnacle-blocks-entire-windscreen.html

I'm looking forward to some ingenious ideas as to how to remove it, without paying of course!

 :) :)
So....once you've received your code and removed it, what do you do with your barnacle? Leave it in the road to be collected........or take it home and smash it into a thousand pieces with sammy?

Hmmmm......or......you could smash your windscreen and claim off your insurance.  :)
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: STEMO on 05 October 2016, 17:43:53
Here's a link that works:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3812478/Forget-wheel-clamp-security-firm-reveals-Barnacle-blocks-entire-windscreen.html
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: Entwood on 05 October 2016, 17:53:46
Here is a new one for you,

www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Forget-wheel-clamp-security-firm-reveals-Barnacle-blocks-entire-windscreen.html

I'm looking forward to some ingenious ideas as to how to remove it, without paying of course!

 :) :)
So....once you've received your code and removed it, what do you do with your barnacle? Leave it in the road to be collected........or take it home and smash it into a thousand pieces with sammy?

Hmmmm......or......you could smash your windscreen and claim off your insurance.  :)

"Once they see the device on the car, drivers simple call Barnacle’s ‘Pay and Remove’ system, which allows them to pay over the overdue parking ticket with a credit card over the phone - the Barnacle needs to be dropped off at a specific location within 24 hours."

I guess if you don't drop it off as demanded they take another  great wad off your credit card as they now have all the details ........  :(
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 05 October 2016, 17:56:29
Wait for the YouTube videos emerging of people driving with their head out the window. ;D
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: STEMO on 05 October 2016, 18:25:04
Here is a new one for you,

www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Forget-wheel-clamp-security-firm-reveals-Barnacle-blocks-entire-windscreen.html

I'm looking forward to some ingenious ideas as to how to remove it, without paying of course!

 :) :)
So....once you've received your code and removed it, what do you do with your barnacle? Leave it in the road to be collected........or take it home and smash it into a thousand pieces with sammy?

Hmmmm......or......you could smash your windscreen and claim off your insurance.  :)

"Once they see the device on the car, drivers simple call Barnacle’s ‘Pay and Remove’ system, which allows them to pay over the overdue parking ticket with a credit card over the phone - the Barnacle needs to be dropped off at a specific location within 24 hours."

I guess if you don't drop it off as demanded they take another  great wad off your credit card as they now have all the details ........  :(
Fick them and their specific location. I would challenge that and ask why I should be expected to return property I didn't ask for, and tell them they could pick it up from my house any time I was in to give it to them.
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: STEMO on 05 October 2016, 18:27:39
Wait for the YouTube videos emerging of people driving with their head out the window. ;D

......or showing you how to remove it  :)



If you've got a crack in your screen and the pressure from the pads causes it to shatter........?

Not very well thought out. The whole idea of not inconveniencing the motorist seems to fall down on several points.
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: plym ian on 05 October 2016, 18:51:25
Going to buy me one of these :y :y

(http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae360/ianboniface/omega/D6BE1DF1-1A3B-4D60-BFC8-B98F851C2012.jpg) (http://s987.photobucket.com/user/ianboniface/media/omega/D6BE1DF1-1A3B-4D60-BFC8-B98F851C2012.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: frostbite on 05 October 2016, 19:23:40
Just drill 2 fine holes then get a replacement on the insurance.

Or get a stone chip laminate then you should be able to peel it off
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 05 October 2016, 19:47:53
Going to buy me one of these :y :y

(http://i987.photobucket.com/albums/ae360/ianboniface/omega/D6BE1DF1-1A3B-4D60-BFC8-B98F851C2012.jpg) (http://s987.photobucket.com/user/ianboniface/media/omega/D6BE1DF1-1A3B-4D60-BFC8-B98F851C2012.jpg.html)

You'll be parked up 99% of the time anyway with one of those!  ;D
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: ronnyd on 05 October 2016, 21:03:24
I wonder how may will be tossed through the nearest shop window by an irate and recently fleeced driver. :-\
Title: Re: Illegally parked ? Watch out for Barnacles !
Post by: plym ian on 05 October 2016, 22:03:17
How much is a parking ticket now days?