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Explain how towing someone's car is legal

Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:19 pm
Posted by tween the hedges
Member since Feb 2012
20587 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:19 pm
I just saw a brand new looking BMW SUV on a town truck with the alarm going off and never thought of the actual process before.

How can a big truck just pick someone's 90k vehicle off the ground and then hold it random until said person pays out the arse to get it back? How is that legal? If someone's dog is on my grass does the pound hold the dog hostage until someone pays a fortune to get it back?
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
84698 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:21 pm to
I remember my first blunt smoked after Poli Sci 202 as well.
This post was edited on 10/1/24 at 1:22 pm
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
76656 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:21 pm to
You are parked on a public street or private property.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
74065 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:21 pm to
the best part is, they do it on streets that your tax dollars pay for.
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
17033 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:21 pm to
Riverside Towing is a terrorist organization. Prove me wrong.
Posted by sidewalkside
rent free in yo head
Member since Sep 2021
4379 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:22 pm to
quote:

tween the hedges


The fact that you ask this shows you're too stupid to even understand the real answers
Posted by Bjorn Cyborg
Member since Sep 2016
34377 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:22 pm to
I agree. Seems very sketchy.
Posted by Philzilla
Member since Nov 2011
2185 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:25 pm to
You voted for it.
Or didn’t vote against it.
Municipality grants authority to remove illegally parked vehicles.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15863 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:27 pm to
quote:

Riverside Towing is a terrorist organization. Prove me wrong.


Man I remember hearing stories about their antics when I went to LSU. Somebody I knew lived at Campus Crossing on Brightside. Riverside moved their vehicle to a no parking area to tow a different vehicle. When they came back they towed hers, too. It was all on camera and she still had hell getting her vehicle out.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
14598 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:27 pm to
If you don’t pay your note, that has a tendency of happening. Turns out, banks like getting their money back.
Posted by yaherrdme
The Place to Be
Member since Feb 2004
5898 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:34 pm to
It is the most basic aspect of FAFO. Do something you are not supposed to do , then get something you do not want. I do not see how or why it being a "90k" car matters. Realistically most would probably prefer towing a cheaper car, because the towee may not have enough money to get it out and then tow company keeps the car and sells it for more profit !
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
25310 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:38 pm to
Pick one of the following. They're all legal and deserving reasons of being towed away

- Parked on someone else's private property
- Parked in a spot where he's blocking a driveway
- Parked in a business' loading zone
- Hadn't paid his car note in months and the bank is repo'ing it

Posted by Miketheseventh
Member since Dec 2017
6819 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

If someone's dog is on my grass does the pound hold the dog hostage

Yes
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
86884 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

Riverside moved their vehicle to a no parking area to tow a different vehicle. When they came back they towed hers, too. It was all on camera and she still had hell getting her vehicle out.
Posted by Grassy1
Member since Oct 2009
7330 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:40 pm to
Terrorist: the new definition for anyone who does something we disagree with
Posted by Colonel Angus
Member since Aug 2007
2148 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:41 pm to
I knew a guy who owned a small tow business and repo'd cars in the middle of the night on the side. Got paid good money by the banks. Dude kept two handguns in his truck locked and loaded at all times.
Posted by Flat Town Tiger
Washington, La.
Member since Oct 2006
573 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:42 pm to
As a former Ford Motor Credit employee, back in the day you'd need a signed release from the payer of the loan on the vehicle. I guess that has since changed. An illegally parked vehicle is another matter. If there's a sign that says "park at your own risk" then that's what happens potentially. Hello tow truck!!
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
39001 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:43 pm to
quote:

Man I remember hearing stories about their antics when I went to LSU. Somebody I knew lived at Campus Crossing on Brightside. Riverside moved their vehicle to a no parking area to tow a different vehicle. When they came back they towed hers, too. It was all on camera and she still had hell getting her vehicle out.
yep. It seems like the Riverside hate on the OT has died down over the years but we used to be at war with them. Truly the biggest pieces of shite I have ever met. I couldn’t imagine making a living by terrorizing local college students who don’t have the money to pay your insane fees
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
104514 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:44 pm to
I've said before how my brother got in a fistfight with a tow truck driver at LSU. Cost him a semester at home working a shite job. He went back with a new attitude and sinned no more.
Posted by Jebadeb
Member since Oct 2017
5721 posts
Posted on 10/1/24 at 1:44 pm to
Because the law says it is legal
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