The thing that boggles my mind in regard to this is that they don’t take them to an impound lot. In Australia, if your car is towed someone then has custody of

The thing that boggles my mind in regard to this is that they don’t take them to an impound lot. In Australia, if your car is towed someone then has custody of it. I guess initially the “courtesy” part is that it’s meant to be easily findable. But it sounds like having a centralised place where you can get your car and you won’t get fined sounds like less effort the the “helpful” solution. If the local government can’t afford to tow cars to an impound lot and pay those fees, then they can’t afford to have local events. This is simply a case of having your cake and eating it too. Local government wants all the benefits of having events with none of the negatives (like actually planning and being responsible). I actually don’t understand why there is no system where a note is issued by the tower that informs whoever that this car was moved as part of a courtesy tow and it is not subject to fines. I don’t mean a centralised system, I mean a sticker you can just bang on there. There should also be an option where you could call the DMV and they can “page” the owner to advise them were their car is located if someone is being inconvenienced by an unwanted car that has been towed. There are so many simple options that won’t fix the issue but at least prevent it from being hellish. The fact that nothing has been done makes me feel like this is actually quite intentional on part of the parking authority for revenue reasons.