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This has been a thing with cars in the US for a long time. If you leave your car for days in some business's parking lot, then they will call a tow service who
by danielvf 8y ago
This has been a thing with cars in the US for a long time.
If you leave your car for days in some business's parking lot, then they will call a tow service who will pick up the car at no charge to the business owner, then charge the car's actual owner an exorbitant set of fees for towing and storage.
You can read the California laws on "Removal of Parked and Abandoned Vehicles" here:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=22658 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...
- ghaff 8y agoAssuming the property is appropriately posted. And assuming these are, in fact, considered "vehicles" which the law may or may not intend. Not really opposed to these being impounded but I'd be willing to guess that doing so is legally uncertain.
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- tylersmith 8y agoThis company is evolution of that. They're an auto towing company that's moving into this space.
- tomc1985 8y agoReading their website I am surprised an enterprising scooter picker-upper that the companies hire didn't start something like this himself. Charge a small fee to the business for removal and collect the finders commission from the scooter company...
- mmanfrin 8y agoThe difference being that these scooters are typically if not always left on sidewalks which are public property, not land the business has paved over for a parking lot.
- usaphp 8y agoPublic property does not mean you can obstruct it and use how you want. You have to be respectful to other public property owners, people
- jstanley 8y agoRight, but you also can't steal someone's stuff just because they left it unattended.
- darkpuma 8y agoIf they leave their property on your property, you're well within your rights to have it removed.
- jstanley 8y agoBut public places aren't your property.
- darkpuma 8y ago> Free Scooter Removal Service For Property Owners/Managers in San Diego
- jstanley 8y agoThis subthread is specifically about scooters left in public places: > Public property does not mean you can obstruct it and use how you want.
- darkpuma 8y agoThis immediate subthread is explicitly about private property: >If they leave their property on your property, you're well within your rights to have it removed.
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- scabarott 8y agoLong time? Days?? If you park in an unauthorized zone with "no-parking" signs it can literally take minutes (believe me I've had this happen). I've heard some towing companies actively patrol lots where there's likely to be plenty of infractions - they make money doing this you know. In fact this new service is an accurate reflection of the mindset of these companies. I bet we're going to be seeing a lot of this soon.
- danielvf 8y agoYeah, California law has no delay if the right sign is posted. I don’t think that’s uniform across the US though.
- drivingmenuts 8y ago> If you park in an unauthorized zone with "no-parking" signs it can literally take minutes (believe me I've had this happen) And that’s exactly what should happen if you’re in an unauthorized space. The need for convenience does not suddenly grant short-term authorization.
- scabarott 8y agoNo one's disputing that.
- drivingmenuts 8y agoApologies. It read as if you were a bit indignant about that.
- ohples 8y agoYeah my guess is that this is a regular tow company looking into potential "growth markets"
- fenwick67 8y agoIt definitely looks that way, based on some of the text on the page and looking up the phone number.