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utajoker · 31 Mar 2009 at 10:41

if their towing your car when its park legaly are they not then stealing your car?

Robbie G said:
Carry tow ropes around so if it happens again you can tow their tow truck away while they're trying to tow you!

theres a yo dawg in there somewere.

Participant · 31 Mar 2009 at 11:05

Yo dawg, I heard you liked towing cars so I put some tow ropes in my car and towed your car.

antijoke · 31 Mar 2009 at 11:33

Robbie G said:
Yo dawg, I heard you liked towing cars so I put some tow ropes in my car and towed your car.

ROFL!

DampCat · 31 Mar 2009 at 12:03

utajoker said:
if their towing your car when its park legaly are they not then stealing your car?

Yes, as has been said a million times. but there is still no proof that it was not parked illegally so what are you going to do?

Dracata · 31 Mar 2009 at 12:06

wtf, what did you do? I would've called the police on the spot. What they/he was doing sounds clearly illegal, and they will have known it.

Meridian · 31 Mar 2009 at 12:08

It's not theft because there is no intent to permanently deprive you of it, which is in the definition of theft. This is why TWOC was invented - because you get the car back (maybe).

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Rich · 31 Mar 2009 at 13:14

Crushed into a cube? Ace. Well at least I got it back then. Ill use it as a really big paper weight.....

[TW]Fox · 31 Mar 2009 at 13:19

Private clamping firms cannot crush your car. Only local government officials can.

DampCat · 31 Mar 2009 at 13:32

What if they're sub-contrected by the council?

aproctor · 31 Mar 2009 at 18:44

DampCat said:
What if they're sub-contrected by the council?

Go to the council as they are sub contracted.

It would be a council issue.

philjohn · 31 Mar 2009 at 18:58

I know that round here one of these types was recently sent to prison for similar offences so the police can do something about it, but they probably couldn't be bothered with the paperwork - that would tear them away from handing out their quota of fixed penalty notices.

DampCat · 31 Mar 2009 at 19:10

aproctor said:
Go to the council as they are sub contracted.

It would be a council issue.

i meant fox's statement regarding crushing really.

silversurfer · 31 Mar 2009 at 19:40

If towing a car away is a civil matter what you really need is a bigger tow truck to tow their tow truck away and your car and they cant object

aproctor · 31 Mar 2009 at 20:25

DampCat said:
i meant fox's statement regarding crushing really.

If your council sub contracts crushing as well the council would still be in charge and have the final say i.e. any issue you have with the towing company would and should be raised with the council.

They usually refer to it as city services, and they would not just crush your car, they would give you x amount of days in writing + appeal time.

mejinks · 31 Mar 2009 at 21:59

Private clamping/towing firms MUST have an SIA licence which must be shown on request otherwise they are breaking the law.

If you find this happens to you, the important thing is to pay by credit card and then issue a chargeback. Then take them to the small claims court. A lot of cowboy towers will claim their credit card machine is broken and you have to pay in cash, but don't accept this. You have made an offer to pay and they know they are on shakey ground.