What Are You Doing Right Now
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I'm back from my interview. That's the first time that I know of that I've been on the news.
Interview for what?
My car was towed illegally (which is really just stealing it) and that is a big thing down here. I won in court, but the towing company just didn't bother to pay. They run a scam with the apartment complex where one of them publishes one set of parking rules, and the other another, and then tow you for anything they want. It's illegal, but they've paid off the state to look the other way.
The state is aware and an attorney is dealing with it. But the state gets paid to let them do this, so they don't have much incentive to look into it deeply or quickly.
However, a senator has stepped in, so things are happening.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
have to get ready, getting interviewed by Fox News in an hour.
Is it a TV thing, or actual IT work?
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@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
have to get ready, getting interviewed by Fox News in an hour.
Is it a TV thing, or actual IT work?
TV thing for predatory towing here in Dallas. I had my car essentially outright stolen, the Dallas PD admitted that they had basically paid for a license and as long as they reported taking the car, there was nothing you could do - even if they took it out of your own driveway the license meant that the police were forced to look the other way and only the licensing board could do something.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
have to get ready, getting interviewed by Fox News in an hour.
Is it a TV thing, or actual IT work?
TV thing for predatory towing here in Dallas. I had my car essentially outright stolen, the Dallas PD admitted that they had basically paid for a license and as long as they reported taking the car, there was nothing you could do - even if they took it out of your own driveway the license meant that the police were forced to look the other way and only the licensing board could do something.
A license for towing?
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
have to get ready, getting interviewed by Fox News in an hour.
Is it a TV thing, or actual IT work?
TV thing for predatory towing here in Dallas. I had my car essentially outright stolen, the Dallas PD admitted that they had basically paid for a license and as long as they reported taking the car, there was nothing you could do - even if they took it out of your own driveway the license meant that the police were forced to look the other way and only the licensing board could do something.
A license for towing?
Yes. Once they have a license to tow in the city, they can take any car, from any where.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
have to get ready, getting interviewed by Fox News in an hour.
Is it a TV thing, or actual IT work?
TV thing for predatory towing here in Dallas. I had my car essentially outright stolen, the Dallas PD admitted that they had basically paid for a license and as long as they reported taking the car, there was nothing you could do - even if they took it out of your own driveway the license meant that the police were forced to look the other way and only the licensing board could do something.
A license for towing?
Yes. Once they have a license to tow in the city, they can take any car, from any where.
I've heard of that before. Ridiculous
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
have to get ready, getting interviewed by Fox News in an hour.
Is it a TV thing, or actual IT work?
TV thing for predatory towing here in Dallas. I had my car essentially outright stolen, the Dallas PD admitted that they had basically paid for a license and as long as they reported taking the car, there was nothing you could do - even if they took it out of your own driveway the license meant that the police were forced to look the other way and only the licensing board could do something.
A license for towing?
Yes. Once they have a license to tow in the city, they can take any car, from any where.
I've heard of that before. Ridiculous
That state senate is investigating at least.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
have to get ready, getting interviewed by Fox News in an hour.
Is it a TV thing, or actual IT work?
TV thing for predatory towing here in Dallas. I had my car essentially outright stolen, the Dallas PD admitted that they had basically paid for a license and as long as they reported taking the car, there was nothing you could do - even if they took it out of your own driveway the license meant that the police were forced to look the other way and only the licensing board could do something.
A license for towing?
Yes. Once they have a license to tow in the city, they can take any car, from any where.
I've heard of that before. Ridiculous
That state senate is investigating at least.
that's good.
Here they have private tow companies to tow cars out of public lots with no posted signage that says they can't park there for example at this bar I frequent ; everyone used to park in the public library parking lot, now, they tow anyone who parks in that parking lot after 9:00 PM, but there's no posted Sign, and it could like 350 to get your car out of their Impound.. Same BS you're dealing with on a larger scale
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@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@travisdh1 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
have to get ready, getting interviewed by Fox News in an hour.
Is it a TV thing, or actual IT work?
TV thing for predatory towing here in Dallas. I had my car essentially outright stolen, the Dallas PD admitted that they had basically paid for a license and as long as they reported taking the car, there was nothing you could do - even if they took it out of your own driveway the license meant that the police were forced to look the other way and only the licensing board could do something.
A license for towing?
Yes. Once they have a license to tow in the city, they can take any car, from any where.
I've heard of that before. Ridiculous
That state senate is investigating at least.
that's good.
Here they have private tow companies to tow cars out of public lots with no posted signage that says they can't park there for example at this bar I frequent ; everyone used to park in the public library parking lot, now, they tow anyone who parks in that parking lot after 9:00 PM, but there's no posted Sign, and it could like 350 to get your car out of their Impound.. Same BS you're dealing with on a larger scale
Check the local laws. I took them to court and won in minutes. They had zero evidence as to their right to tow, I have proof of permission to park. That was that.
Now dealing with the private towing company paying the city to tell the police not to accept a stolen car report.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Now dealing with the private towing company paying the city to tell the police not to accept a stolen car report.
What, the towing company is paying the City to order the police to refuse to accept a stolen car report (presumably you called the police and said my car has been stolen, and the police said "sorry can't help you")
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Now dealing with the private towing company paying the city to tell the police not to accept a stolen car report.
What, the towing company is paying the City to order the police to refuse to accept a stolen car report (presumably you called the police and said my car has been stolen, and the police said "sorry can't help you")
nah - they said - My cousin pauly has your car, it's been towed not stolen.. so yeah.. we're not filling a report, because it's not stolen.
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Now dealing with the private towing company paying the city to tell the police not to accept a stolen car report.
What, the towing company is paying the City to order the police to refuse to accept a stolen car report (presumably you called the police and said my car has been stolen, and the police said "sorry can't help you")
nah - they said - My cousin pauly has your car, it's been towed not stolen.. so yeah.. we're not filling a report, because it's not stolen.
HA. . . yeah. . . I'd sue the city too if that's what they said to me.
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Now dealing with the private towing company paying the city to tell the police not to accept a stolen car report.
What, the towing company is paying the City to order the police to refuse to accept a stolen car report (presumably you called the police and said my car has been stolen, and the police said "sorry can't help you")
Yes, I called the Dallas PD and was told "no matter from where or why a car is taken, if they have a license and report that they've taken it, the PD are not allowed to take a stolen car report, even if they took it from your own driveway."
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@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Now dealing with the private towing company paying the city to tell the police not to accept a stolen car report.
What, the towing company is paying the City to order the police to refuse to accept a stolen car report (presumably you called the police and said my car has been stolen, and the police said "sorry can't help you")
nah - they said - My cousin pauly has your car, it's been towed not stolen.. so yeah.. we're not filling a report, because it's not stolen.
Yeah, but it WAS stolen. And they charged me to get it back. But it was parked with permission and the tower just took off with it. I spoke to them at the time and explained that I had written permission in my hand to be parked there and they said that they didn't care as there was nothing that I could do about it.
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Now dealing with the private towing company paying the city to tell the police not to accept a stolen car report.
What, the towing company is paying the City to order the police to refuse to accept a stolen car report (presumably you called the police and said my car has been stolen, and the police said "sorry can't help you")
nah - they said - My cousin pauly has your car, it's been towed not stolen.. so yeah.. we're not filling a report, because it's not stolen.
HA. . . yeah. . . I'd sue the city too if that's what they said to me.
Other than the cousin bit, that's what they said.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Now dealing with the private towing company paying the city to tell the police not to accept a stolen car report.
What, the towing company is paying the City to order the police to refuse to accept a stolen car report (presumably you called the police and said my car has been stolen, and the police said "sorry can't help you")
nah - they said - My cousin pauly has your car, it's been towed not stolen.. so yeah.. we're not filling a report, because it's not stolen.
HA. . . yeah. . . I'd sue the city too if that's what they said to me.
Other than the cousin bit, that's what they said.
I'd definitely be suing the city after a stunt like that.
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@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Now dealing with the private towing company paying the city to tell the police not to accept a stolen car report.
What, the towing company is paying the City to order the police to refuse to accept a stolen car report (presumably you called the police and said my car has been stolen, and the police said "sorry can't help you")
nah - they said - My cousin pauly has your car, it's been towed not stolen.. so yeah.. we're not filling a report, because it's not stolen.
HA. . . yeah. . . I'd sue the city too if that's what they said to me.
Other than the cousin bit, that's what they said.
I'd definitely be suing the city after a stunt like that.
Pretty hard to do, the state allows it. Have to go after the state lawmakers.
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Nearly all states allow it in some way. And most are looking into stopping it now that it's become so well known as a scam.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
even if they took it from your own driveway.
This is the insane part.
So I've tried to figure this bit out before and haven't ever really came to a "how does the car owner know that their car was towed vs stolen" (regardless of this case).
They'd have to call the police and find out right?
If the police just up and claim it was a rightful tow, without at all looking at the scenario there'd be heads to roll.
Imagine paying for all day parking in a lot, and then the lot attendant allows a truck to come in and just pick any cars they want. . .
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
So I've tried to figure this bit out before and haven't ever really came to a "how does the car owner know that their car was towed vs stolen" (regardless of this case).
Oh, you CAN call the police and they will tell you. That they can do. That's the ONLY way to know (AFAIK after having dealt with this.) The car is just gone, you call the police, they say that someone paid them to let them take it and the police tell you where you can go to be extorted to get your car back.
The police act as secretaries for the towing companies in a case where the tower stole your car, rather than an unregistered thief.
