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Those crooked tow truck drivers were organized crime fronts as well. Some of those tow trucks had so many antennas they were basically mobile sigint stations. W

Those crooked tow truck drivers were organized crime fronts as well. Some of those tow trucks had so many antennas they were basically mobile sigint stations. With the voice transcription tech available today, you could pretty trivially run a private one.

hattmall 3y ago
Can you further explain what all of that means? Like basically every sentence? What were the two truck drivers doing crooked? How is it a front and for what organized crime? Why would they have so many antennas and run a private what?
- Scoundreller 3y ago
  Generally considered to be part of a mob/mafia. Lots of extortion (and murder) against anyone investigating them [1] and taking vehicles to connected shops that would do more damage to dial up the insurance bill. Often the rates for the tow itself are unregulated and your negotiating position is often weak (or they lie to you and say you have to remove your vehicle from the road immediately, which isn't true unless ordered by a police officer, whom per above links, have also been corrupted by the industry). There's also been a tow truck war locally where they'd torch competitors (or non-complying) tow trucks [2] [1] https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/do-you-want-to-grow-old-stop-suing-my-friend-12-year-sentence-handed-to-toronto-man-who-attacked-lawyer-amid-tow-truck-turf-war-1.6185233 https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/do-you-want-to-grow-old-stop-suin... [2] https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/police-investigating-after-multiple-tow-trucks-caught-fire-across-scarborough-1.6509643 https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/police-investigating-after-multip...
  - hattmall 3y ago
    Ok so they are using the police radio to figure out when an accident happens and be first on scene? Is that right? Here we just have a rotation. Every two truck registers with the police and they get dispatched just like the cops based on their spot. Seems like an easy fix and rates are regulated.
  - huytersd 3y ago
    How are they making money? Just damaging the cars more and then what?
    - SauciestGNU 3y ago
      Had a crooked company near me get caught stealing parking permits out of cars then towing them for not having said permit. With $300+/day lot fees, they can often make $1000 for a single tow, especially if it takes the victim a few days to track down which impound lot has the car.

hattmall 3y ago

Can you further explain what all of that means? Like basically every sentence? What were the two truck drivers doing crooked? How is it a front and for what organized crime? Why would they have so many antennas and run a private what?

Scoundreller 3y ago
Generally considered to be part of a mob/mafia. Lots of extortion (and murder) against anyone investigating them [1] and taking vehicles to connected shops that would do more damage to dial up the insurance bill. Often the rates for the tow itself are unregulated and your negotiating position is often weak (or they lie to you and say you have to remove your vehicle from the road immediately, which isn't true unless ordered by a police officer, whom per above links, have also been corrupted by the industry). There's also been a tow truck war locally where they'd torch competitors (or non-complying) tow trucks [2] [1] https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/do-you-want-to-grow-old-stop-suing-my-friend-12-year-sentence-handed-to-toronto-man-who-attacked-lawyer-amid-tow-truck-turf-war-1.6185233 https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/do-you-want-to-grow-old-stop-suin... [2] https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/police-investigating-after-multiple-tow-trucks-caught-fire-across-scarborough-1.6509643 https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/police-investigating-after-multip...
- hattmall 3y ago
  Ok so they are using the police radio to figure out when an accident happens and be first on scene? Is that right? Here we just have a rotation. Every two truck registers with the police and they get dispatched just like the cops based on their spot. Seems like an easy fix and rates are regulated.
- huytersd 3y ago
  How are they making money? Just damaging the cars more and then what?
  - SauciestGNU 3y ago
    Had a crooked company near me get caught stealing parking permits out of cars then towing them for not having said permit. With $300+/day lot fees, they can often make $1000 for a single tow, especially if it takes the victim a few days to track down which impound lot has the car.