Hammarhead Industries is a Philadelphia company known best for their repurposed motorcycles, but their latest creation—the HHI Day Pack—is gorgeous enough to deserve some time of its own in the spotlight.

Haroon Zafaryab found his car wearing a boot with a $570 release charge. He refused to pay and sat in his car for 30 hours protesting, collected three more boots and over $6,000 in fines. Eventually, he prevailed. [BBC]

British motorist Kevin Wright was so outraged at finding his car booted he grabbed a chain and threatened the nearby boot-man, denting his van, then set upon the boot with an angle grinder. All this over a Peugeot 205. [SWNS]