If you read the general internet it's all mobbed up guys stealing cars from law-abiding single mothers for no reason at all but then again if I believed the general public about parking violation enforcement here in germany I'd come to the conclusion they're the new jews.

So how bad is that whole privatized towing / enforcement thing, really? Is there an actual problem beyond "it's a private company" or is it mostly carbrain tears?

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[–] tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Parking is a battle in the cities I've been in, I haven't seen any data but I've heard anecdotally of the ruthless tow truck drivers, cruising around busier areas to snatch bad parkers. I drove a food truck for a time and there would always be cars in our designated spot so I didn't mind lol.

They don't really have the opportunity for it outside of a city, the tow truck driver I knew in a partly rural suburb was usually pulling cars out of ditches n such.

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

Bad parkers should be punished, though. Cars shouldn't be in cities, anyway, but until we reach that level of planning we need to remove these stupid things from bike lanes, bus stops, loading zones, etc. As long as there is clear signage there's no reason not to tow them.

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

They shouldn't be "punished" what the fuck? They shouldn't have their lives upended and massive fines and loss of transport over such a minor thing. If the car is in the way or dangerous, it should be moved to a close nearby place and released for free by the city - not arbitrarily fucking held ransom hours away so some small business tyrant can make a buck. Pretty obscene of you to downplay this and call for punitive actions against working people who have to drive to their jobs

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I wouldn't say free, maybe give them an income-appropriate ticket at least. As long as the car isn't held hostage.

[–] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah parking enforcement is the one area I think fines are pretty reasonable, as long as they’re income adjusted. Like yeah, we do need to be able to discourage people from parking where they shouldn’t, but that doesn’t mean we should hold their cars hostage and ruin their lives.

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