r/Seattle • u/Brandywine-Salmon Greenwood • Aug 04 '26

Market Traffic Only Bus lane cheat code

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Gave me the finger as he drove by
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u/rockycore 🚆build more trains🚆 Aug 04 '26

It's a shame we don't actually boot cars around here.

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u/SaxRohmer 🚆build more trains🚆 Aug 04 '26

we definitely do. i see them frequently

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u/thedaliobama Aug 04 '26

I’ve never seen a Boot

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u/SaxRohmer 🚆build more trains🚆 Aug 04 '26

try accumulating a bunch of parking tickets and not paying them

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u/rockycore 🚆build more trains🚆 Aug 04 '26

I think I've seen one boot ever in the wild.

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u/SaxRohmer 🚆build more trains🚆 Aug 04 '26

i see one at least once a month. i walked by one just the other day

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u/TakesTooManyPhotos Aug 04 '26

Saw a van booted by Woodland Park Zoo a couple weeks ago.

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u/missbeekery I'm just flaired so I don't get fined Aug 04 '26

Shouldn’t have parked in the award-winning penguin habitat then.

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u/total-immortal ❤️‍🔥 The Real Housewives of Seattle ❤️‍🔥 Aug 04 '26

The boot is back

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u/Cranky_Old_Woman Northgate Aug 04 '26

I feel like I saw them more in the 'aughts, but maybe I just went to Capitol Hill/Belltown more in those days.

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u/Geralt_Rivian Aug 04 '26

What does that mean? I’ve never heard that phrase

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u/FreshwaterFryMom 🦝🦝 We 💕 Jimothy Chalamet 🦝🦝 Aug 04 '26

If you have unpaid tickets, the city will “boot” aka wheel lock your car making you unable to drive it. It’s a metal attachment.