The NYPD is unleashing barnacles to battle parking pirates.
The department this week said it will begin using “windshield boots” — a 17-pound device that attaches to a vehicle’s windshield like a barnacle and remains there until a scofflaw pays their tickets — on illegally parked trucks.
The contraption is also known as a Barnacle Device for its commercial-grade suction cups that attach to glass with 1,000 pounds of force, making it impossible to remove — like the sticky crustaceans on their oceanic hosts, officials said.
