State authorities have ordered a company operating in parking lots across Seattle to stop using a wheel clamp, known as a "boot," to punish drivers for trespassing on business parking lots.

Wheel clamps — it’s hard to get excited about them. They’ve been messing up people’s days since 1944, and haven’t seen a notable improvement since their conception. The bulky ...

Now, almost a century and a half later, we know the answer: car wheel clamps. You may think we’ve gone ‘cray’-zy at this point, but the future of car clamping and the best way to punish ...

Up until recently, those who have parked illegally have had to endure the prospect of fines through the post, a wheel clamp, or (at the very worst) a vehicle that has been towed away entirely.

The clamp is still attached to the wheel lying on the ground. Photo / Peter de Graaf The wheel clamps being used in a private carpark in Kerikeri are legal, police say. Tempers flared and police ...