The Tow Files - Wherein I Get a Love Letter

[AyreBiskits]

FULL of WIN and AWESOMESAUCE!!!

would have loved to see this idiot get his reality check.

[phantasy]

Wow, I really hope there's a sequel to this.

[eltf177]

Wow, I really hope there's a sequel to this.

With that much attitude, ego-tripping and complete denial of reality, I'm betting it won't be long!

[RestaurantDude]

Wow, I really hope there's a sequel to this.

Me too.

[Stryker One]

Why bother

Probably because they were issued by the apartment complex, and not an official Law Enforcement or regulatory department, some people seem to think that only the cops or a municipal authority can issue parking tickets, when in reality, there is a statute in the vehicles code which allows for private property owners to issue tickets for vehicles tresspassing on their property, I forget the official title/section/paragraph, but it's ON the ticket that

"Your vehicle is parked in violation of section 118 of Title 75.02 of the State Motor Vehicles Code"

and anyone who bothers to look that up can see that in fact, it is a legit ticket, and it is enforcible, now, granted, it is hard to collect, and it can take up to 5 years or so to finally get money out of someone who won't pay, and if you only own 1 property, it might not even be worth it to try and ticket for that reason, but the companies that own 8 or 9 properties or more in town have their own parking enforcement divisions for just that reason.

There's just those entitled few who refuse to pay until you MAKE em.

Why ticket when you can just tow?

[LillFilly]

Ah, a kindred spirit! I love your stories, and this was the ultimate in ownage!

I always get a laugh when I ticket a car and later, see it driving away while flicking the ticket off with their wipers. Or ripping-up the ticket and throwing it on the ground. I just send the pieces off with the rest of the ticket to the local police department, whose tickets they are that we write

Here's to us evil villains forcing innocent people to obey the law!

[TonyDonuts]

Why ticket when you can just tow?

That's the property owners being merciful.

The ticket says, to anybody with a complete set of functional neurons, "Hey there! We could have just towed your car, but instead we're just going to ticket you."

Anybody with said complete set of functional neurons, upon reading said ticket, would then say to themselves, "Hey! They could have towed my car! Who knows what that might have cost! I better park somewhere else next time!"

But of course, such people can already read and understand the signs telling them where they can and can't park, so they'd probably be better off just towing the fools to begin with.

[EricKei]

Maybe they would be taken more seriously if the cops enacted a measure that was passed here a few years back -- raising the minimum rate. In my parish/county, the absolute minimum for ANY ticket is something like $125, no matter how minor the offense.

[shenzee]

Please please please post when you hear any information about this guy going to get his car out of tow! I can't wait to hear all of the excuses and moaning!

[MelodiousBubbles]

Have a nice day, citizen!

Never question Friend Computer, for while he is a merciful being, he shall not tolerate and mutant Commi plots against him or his fair Alpha Complex. Such acts can call for no less than termination of you and all of your clones

[Exaspera]

That's the property owners being merciful.

The ticket says, to anybody with a complete set of functional neurons, "Hey there! We could have just towed your car, but instead we're just going to ticket you."

Anybody with said complete set of functional neurons, upon reading said ticket, would then say to themselves, "Hey! They could have towed my car! Who knows what that might have cost! I better park somewhere else next time!"

But of course, such people can already read and understand the signs telling them where they can and can't park, so they'd probably be better off just towing the fools to begin with.

Yeah, but according to this guy he's supposed to be able to park anywhere he wants. Maybe he's still on that Manifest Destiny thing?

[smileyeagle1021]

Why ticket when you can just tow?

cost, towing is expensive and has a lot of liability attached to it... a ticket costs a few cents to issue... a hell of a lot less payoff, but also a hell of a lot less risk.

[EricKei]

Never question Friend Computer, for while he is a merciful being, he shall not tolerate and mutant Commi plots against him or his fair Alpha Complex. Such acts can call for no less than termination of you and all of your clones

Come come now, keep that up and someone might accuse you of Paranoia...

Hold one moment Citizen...you're just an Orange, and this site is Violet clearance only...Please come with us.

[Midnight_Angel]

Umm.... Friend Kei, Citizen Melod-i-ous's clearance level is Indigo, not Orange....

[Sparky]

Long story, most of which I don't remember, but our local paper once quoted a woman who was firmly convinced that because she didn't have a driver's license, traffic laws did not apply to her. If she got a ticket for speeding, she wouldn't be legally compelled to pay it, she reasoned, because she had not "entered into a contract" with the state by getting a license.

My point is that people can be amazingly stupid.