Selectmen Question Downtown Towing Practices
Framingham Selectmen worry that cars towed from private lots without proper signs keeps customers away from downtown businesses.
Towing companies are quickly and aggressively removing cars from private downtown parking lots, some of which lack proper signage, a trend that could undermine efforts to attract more visitors, a Selectman said Tuesday night. Selectman Jason Smith said some patrons have returned to find their cars towed and then had to pay $135 to have them released from impound. "What are we telling people who might want to come downtown?" he asked, adding: "This is very disappointing." In particular, Smith called out West Side Towing, which he said had trucks essentially lying in wait for cars to park in private lots. "They would then immediately go and grab them," he said. In some lots, West Side Towing signs - which warn that cars can be towed for …
just my two cents
11:07 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
People should learn to read the signs in the lots where they are parking. They wouldnt like it if random cars were parking on their PRIVATE property. This article is a crock. It is a state law that before removing any vehicles for unauthorized parking, that the tow company must first inform the police in town, in writing!!!! Therefore making it impossible to "imediately grab them" as stated by … more ›