At last!  A highly effective approach to parking control that DC has yet to try. New York should consider this as well.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/lithuania/8678227/Vilnius-mayor-runs-over-illegally-parked-car-in-a-tank.htm

Vilnius mayor runs over illegally parked car in a tank

The eccentric mayor of Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, has decided to send a stern message to anyone thinking of illegally parking on his city's streets: by driving over an illegally parked car in a Soviet-era armoured personnel carrier.

The mayor said he was signalling that there would be a zero-tolerance policy towards illegal parking from now on Photo: SWNS

By Andrew Osborn in Moscow

02 Aug 2011