Comment on 'Disgraceful' parking leaves village gridlocked
danielquinn@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
There’s this fabulous invention that we really don’t see enough of in this country. It’s called a tow truck.
Fines are useful and all, but only if they’re high enough to be a deterrent and enforceable enough that the offender actually pays them. If we tow offending vehicles, this problem goes away immediately, and even those who consider the fine “the price of a day out” now have to deal with the inconvenience of having to retrieve their vehicle from the impound.
Seriously, why don’t we see more of that here?
I feel like the cost of towing and the extra admin involved will quickly surpass the fees.
Also the cost of car parks has risen pretty high which I feel pushes more people towards the risk. In some places if you get caught 1/3 times, you’ll still be better off.
You bill them for the towing. And the admin.
The fine covers the towing cost, obviously.
Part of the reason that car parks are so expensive is because they’re not actually controlled by the council but by for profit companies who are trying to make lots of money out of a slab of concrete. That’s clearly an insane concept and car parks should just be nationalised.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 day ago
I’ve actually wondered what happens when a car gets towed. How does these people find out where to go to get their car back, do they leave a note on the ground or what?
danielquinn@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Usually there’s a sign posted that days “no parking” and I fine print at the bottom it says “tow away zone [phone number]”. You call that, and if you’re lucky, you get a human with directions. If unlucky, you get a machine with the same info.