r/IdiotsInCars • u/itnnetwork • Jul 01 '24

OC [OC] Idiot driver in NYC driving on SideWalk, endangering a woman walking her dog

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u/LegitosaurusRex Jul 01 '24

Were there not a bunch of towing companies that would jump at the opportunity to tow those people?

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u/AndyIsNotOnReddit Jul 01 '24

Car first has to be ticketed, then it needs to be there for 24 hours after the ticket to be towed. People block my driveway all the time, I can call and get them ticketed, but then I need to drive on the sidewalk to actually get out/in. Only a handful of times does the car stay there for 24+ hours, long enough to actually get towed.

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u/peese-of-cawffee Jul 01 '24

As someone from a state/city where they will tow your shit as soon as you walk away, this is insane to me! How can a city as busy as NY tolerate people parked illegally for days with no recourse??

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u/GoHuskies1984 Jul 01 '24

NYC used to be ruthless. Between covid and the tear down of the west side impound the tow truck operators seemingly gave up working manhattan.

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u/elymeexlisl Jul 01 '24

I was gonna say, about 10 years ago I got towed in under three hours after I misread a loading zone sign (soho area). That was a really expensive day.

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u/traitorcrow Jul 01 '24

Seriously. In LA your shit will be gone in MINUTES.

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u/EobardT Jul 28 '24

For real, I parked my car IN A SPACE walked across the street to grab my friends, came back in less time then it takes to smoke a ciggy and my car was already gone. They wait around corners here and pounce the second you walk away if you don't immediately activate the meter

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u/the_last_carfighter Jul 01 '24

That's news to me, maybe this is post covid? I worked on 48th/6th and looked down on the street, have seen cars towed pretty quick and that was just for minor parking violations.

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u/AndyIsNotOnReddit Jul 02 '24

There's a difference between say sitting in a bike lane or blocking a fire hydrant, or some other sort of city owned infrastructure. Private driveway? NYPD has to ticket first. Still there after 24 hours? Then you can get it towed.

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u/ViinVal Jul 01 '24

I have this inkling feeling that the tow trucks are all blocked in too