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Pirates in tow trucks * USA - Excessive city-approved fees give companies a license to print money
Motorists who return to where they parked only to find their cars have been hauled away by a towing company that will charge them hundreds of dollars to get their vehicle back are understandably apt to feel as if they've been robbed
Baltimore,MD,USA -The Baltimore Sun -April 19, 2009: -- No wonder Baltimore City Councilman Robert W. Curran has called the towing business "legalized vehicular piracy." ... People whose cars are towed usually have little choice but to pay up or lose their vehicle, regardless of whether they were legally parked or not... Until last week, companies could request fees of up to $410 for so-called trespass tows that remove vehicles parked on private property. For violations that occurred on public property, the city's tow board, which approves towing fees, had set rates ranging from $250 to $350. But those already stiff fees went up on Wednesday under a new towing contract approved by the city Board of Estimates. Under the contract, "trespass" towers can ask for fees up to $460 per tow - all of which is pocketed by the towing companies, not the city...
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