Defeating a Car Boot Lock with Plastic Pen!?!?

"It’s always fun watching someone do a real life MacGuyver. This successful attack on a Wheel Clamp Lock using only a plastic pen is 🔥🔥🔥."

Do not do this on your own car when booted. Don't break the law. Pick safely.

[blindbob]

I got one on my truck in philly when I stopped at a sandwich shop. Fellow said he'd take it off for a hundred dollars. I said I'd need a receipt for my employer to reimburse me for time and costs. He said he couldn't do that so I said no and he left. I pulled out a grinder and cut it off and drove home. Still got it in my garage. Was a scam I think.

[christopherbonanno]

If you build it someone will always figure out how to defeat it goes will everything in life

[jonbottoms]

I’m a locksmith and I was doing work for a mall and they booted my van. Can you guess what happened to the boot? They are wondering what happened too.

[oldguysrock]

I am a retired cop of 30 years. When I first saw my department use the “boot” on parking ticket violators, I cringed. Parking tickets are nothing more than an infraction in the legal scales of justice. To disable a person from being able to operate their car, is flat out wrong. The liability for a city by disabling a car is always a concern. In my opinion, it is wrong. There are better ways to collect delinquent parking fines. Add the unpaid violations onto their yearly registration, or their utility bills, or property tax. If the violator can’t pay his past due tickets, then he won’t get his current registration and he or she now risks getting pulled over for driving with expired registration. Chicken shit piles up and if people don’t take care of infractions, they soon turn into debt and misdemeanors.

[cybersafe]

Final step is to put the boot back on the person's car who gave you the ticket

[barneyrubble]

Aluminum baseball bat or HD pry bar disables these things in 10 seconds. Done it multiple times.

[Jason-rsco]

put it back on one of theyre company cars and superglue the lock

[cozymonk]

Another neat trick that works on about half of the boots out there is to deflate the tire, jack the car up, and the boot should slide right off. (Good general advice is always carry a jack, air pump, and basic tools in your car — flares, a first-aid kit, and a fire extinguisher could help you save your life or someone else's, too)

[ManicMechanic]

I’m a former Locksmith and ASE Certified Master Automotive Technician and although I have a pick set, this is an excellent way to get such a crappy system! Now I’m disabled with a tumor on my spine and I have seizures too and if I had a seizure or any other medical condition because I couldn’t get home in time, I would definitely be suing the county!!!

[JaksWorld]

These modern boots have GPS tracking via a SIM card installed inside the boot. I've heard of a guy that stole a boot and took the simcard and used it for free wifi service on his tablet

[ozzstars_cars]

That pen technique only works on Harbor Freight boots.

[GustavoSantos-epjx]

This should be re worded to "with a pen AND a Leatherman".... oh and a flat head screw driver.

[leepshin]

The LockPickingLawyer would've had that opened inside a minute. 😁

[RaceCreations]

Dude, that’s fucking genius. I used to make lock picks out of the stupidest things like paper clips. Bobby pins, and molding nails, you name it! My dad was a locksmith and he taught me well! ❤️

[rakebquraishi]

"Pen is mightier than sword"

[Mike-In-O-Town]

My favorite example of how to deal with one of these is when someone booted a construction truck (welding and iron work) in downtown. Guy who owned the truck simply took his plasma cutter, and after about 30 seconds, left the 'boot' in multiple pieces where the truck was parked. No fuss no muss.

[JagdtygerA]

That is so cool. Never had a boot on my vehicle, but it is fun to see how it can be defeated. Just don't keep the boot to avoid a theft charge, protect our environment and throw it in the trash

[qwrts]

Police officer: puts a boot on your car
Me: grabs pen from pocket, “I’m 4 universes ahead of you”

[Wignut]

Dude: Has Swiss army knife from hell that contains every tool known to man
Also Dude: *_P E N_*

[scottjohnson]

Those locks are easy to defeat with an empty 38/357 case and a vise grip or heavy lineman’s pliars. Just tap it in until the pins are set and turn it with the pliars