It doesn’t work like that in England, unless it’s done by the police or local authority, removing a car by private tow truck would be considered theft. Sticking strongly worded notes anonymously to vehicles is how we deal with issues like this
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You're right, I live opposite a primary school. Had a knock on the door one day and a police officer asked me if I could drive my car up onto the pavement a bit, to widen the road more for passing vehicles (I'd just moved in and didn't realise how busy it could get). I told him I thought it was illegal to partially park on the pavement and he informed me so long as there's enough space for a double pram it's absolutely fine. If you park entirely on the pavement and block access then I think you can get a fine, otherwise its okay.
I’d hate to live in a place where the only criteria for parking is to not endanger someone. There’s a reason most people and cities have laws that make it so there’s designated areas where you can’t park because it is an inconvenience to the greater population.
You can’t just tow anyone in the US. Do you think it’s the Wild West? You still need to be parked illegally and hindering the public. You just don’t have to be creating an eminent danger to society.
I got a $250 tow for parking in a friends apartment complex overnight one space away from “guest parking” when there was 50+ open spaces around the complex. Came at 6 am to tow me.
Y’all literally can’t have mail for a day cause of some assholes parking? Hell yeah we think that deserves a tow.
You'll potentially get fined, etc, but you won't get towed.
Why would you illegally tow someone's car just because they've parked somewhere that's a bit inconvenient to you?
Edit: Downvoting this doesn't change that towing is incredibly rare in the UK, and won't happen unless you're parked in a way that's dangerous to others.
There’s no need to have stop lights. We could just have everyone take forever trying to navigate a busy intersection with a stop sign, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have stop lights. We don’t need to take care of the elderly. Doesn’t mean we should just ignore them.
Stop looking at everything like we should only do what we need. That’s a terrible mindset.
I don't own a shop, and if I did I wouldn't give a fuck.
If it's not parked illegally in a manner that's dangerous to others, there's not much that can be done. You may get a fine, but you won't be towed unless it's private land and the landowner decides to have it towed themselves.
Also why do you keep following me around this comment section?
removing a car by private tow truck would be considered theft
Holy shit, really? This happens all the time in the US. We have predatory towing, where spotters from tow companies are posted in parking lots and call a truck over if they see someone step one foot outside the designated lot or one of its stores. Been the victim myself a few times.
Yep. It's not really theft, but it's a specific criminal offence per the protection of freedoms act 2012 to tow or clamp a car if you aren't basically the government or working for them
But the DVLA will share your details so private companies can give what effectively amount to tickets
Right, so in the half day the police take to come and look at it, assuming it's still there and the police's time hasn't been wasted, they book and pay for a tow truck, which might not turn up for several hours.
Now some dickhead has their car impounded, the police have lost time and money, and the letters still haven't gotten anywhere any quicker. Lose lose situation really.
It's also worth noting that typically post boxes are angled away from the road for this exact reason, so for someone in a rush that is not local it's an easy mistake to make.
They did try and change the name to Consignia years back and most people didn’t know it changed and caused a lot of confusion so if IIRC they just changed it to Royal Mail. It was just the post office before that.
I couldn’t tell you all the facts on that as I’m not sure. However we still use stamps as we always have which have the queens head on, to deface one would technically be illegal so that’s where the royal bit comes from I guess.
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u/roop26roop Nov 08 '19
It doesn’t work like that in England, unless it’s done by the police or local authority, removing a car by private tow truck would be considered theft. Sticking strongly worded notes anonymously to vehicles is how we deal with issues like this