Binghamton to Parking Scofflaws: Pay Up or Don’t Drive

The city of Binghamton is educating vehicle owners about the importance of prompt payment of parking fines.

A boot device to disable a vehicle is utilized to alert parking deadbeats that there is a limit to the city's patience in collecting on parking tickets.

The bright orange Rhino vehicle immobilizer is attached to a wheel after police spot a vehicle which has accumulated three or more unpaid tickets.

Red-and-white stickers affixed to windows warn drivers of "serious damage" if they attempt to move the booted vehicle.

City police say people who've accumulated more than $300 in parking fines could find out exactly how the immobilizer works.

A booted black Ford SUV was spotted illegally parked in a downtown Binghamton loading zone April 6. The ticket for that single violation carries a $70 fine.