Denver boot

Parking ticket punishment

A Denver boot is a heavy metal clamp locked onto a vehicle's wheel to immobilize it, used by police or parking authorities to enforce payment of outstanding fines or prevent removal of illegally parked cars.

Named after Denver, Colorado, where the device was first widely used.

Also called a wheel clamp or wheel boot.

removal

tow truck

Vehicle that pulls others

vehicle recovery · tow yard · repo · wrecker · flatbed · haul away · retrieval · pound · storage fee · redemption

enforcement

wheel clamp

Tire-locking penalty device

fine · penalty · impound · municipal · authority · traffic enforcement · regulation · meter maid · citation · curbside

Categories
Opposites
vehicle mobility status

Denver bootrelease

To let go

freedom · mobility · liberated · unrestricted

enforcement action type

Denver boottow

Pull something behind

towing · amnesty · verbal warning · tow truck · impound lot

vehicle immobilization vs. mobility

Denver bootrelease

To let go

freedom of movement · unlocking · compliance

Family

Denver, boot, boots, booted, booting, bootee, bootees

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G