Angela Shannon probably thought she was home free.
Shannon is Chicago's No. 2 parking ticket scofflaw with $26,670in outstanding tickets. But her beige Toyota had a Florida licenseplate. She probably figured there was no way she'd get the boot.
On Thursday, Shannon got a big surprise.
City crews patrolling the Lake View neighborhood looking forcars to disable with the wheel-locking "Denver boot" found her car inthe 3000 block of North Pine Grove.
What Shannon, of the 600 block of West Sheridan Road, might nothave known was that last year, the city acquired the ability to trackdown license plate information from all 50 states. More than 65,000names were added to the "boot-eligible" list.
In all, the boot list includes 277,000 motorists - everyonewith five or more unpaid parking tickets. The average scofflaw owes$400. No. 1 on the list is Susan Quint, of the 5500 block of NorthGlenwood, with 827 unpaid tickets and $35,595 in fines. She has Ohioplates, according to the city.
Neither Quint nor Shannon could be reached for comment.
Shannon has 606 outstanding tickets, all accumulated in the lastfour years - some for blocking fire hydrants, snow routes, crosswalksand handicap spacesareas. That's an average of one ticket every 21/2 days.
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