How bad is the tow truck industry in the US really? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by 7bicycles@hexbear.net to c/urbanism@hexbear.net

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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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[-] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 21 points 1 year ago

they actually do fucking suck. All they do is drive around and ruin working people's day for their own pay-out, holding their cars hostage and charging arbitrary fines that cannot be contested. They hold your shit ransom. It's detestable.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, it's not like wealthy people have to deal with this, they have the money to get a place with a garage. This is another one of those things where it costs money to be poor.

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago

Would you feel differently about this if it was like a municipal thing? I.e. it's either run as a non profit or it's just whatever department is in charge of traffic violations that orders them to do whatever?