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Tow truck driver shot in foot by gunman who didn't have parking permit

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By Kyle Feldscher


A tow truck driver was shot in the foot early Tuesday by a man who was upset that his vehicle had been towed from an apartment complex because he didn't have a parking permit, police said.

Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Derrick Jackson said deputies responded to a call of shots fired at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 9000 block of MacArthur Boulevard.

Police found that a 31-year-old Ypsilanti Township resident and employee of Discount Towing had been struck once in the foot and the suspect had fled, Jackson said.

Deputies had responded to the area earlier in the night while the employees were towing the suspect's car, Jackson said. The suspect did not have a parking pass for the complex and was upset that his car was being towed, Jackson said.

"Tow truck drivers get this all the time," Jackson said. "It's common practice for them to quickly call us before things escalate."

It wasn't until the employees came back to the complex to check if there were any other cars that needed to be taken from the area that trouble started, Jackson said.


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Municipalities should move on establishing towing rules | islandpacket.com

From Theislandpacket.com of The Beaufort Gazette

Municipalities should move on establishing towing rules

Published July 2011

Hilton Head Island and other Beaufort County municipalities should follow the county's lead on towing regulations.

In June, the county finalized reasonable rules for towing vehicles from private property without the owner's consent.

The county's ordinance sets limits on how much a tow operator charges and makes it easier and less punitively expensive for owners to get back their vehicles after they've been towed.

The push for towing regulations came from a deadly confrontation in December between a tow-truck driver and a man whose vehicle had been immobilized because it was parked on a street in Edgefield, a community that doesn't allow on-street parking because of its narrow roads.

Hilton Head officials are preparing to take up the issue, perhaps as soon as next month. Like the county, town officials should involve tow operators in the process of drafting an ordinance.

The rules should take into account operating costs for tow truck operators, but it should not allow them to exploit a captive market. When a vehicle is gone, the owner must pay up -- no matter how unreasonable the fee -- or he won't get back his vehicle.

We like the county's lower charges if an owner shows up before the vehicle is hooked up to a tow truck ($75) or before the vehicle is hauled away ($100).

And we like its prohibition against immobilizing a vehicle. Booting a vehicle does nothing to keep private streets and parking lots free of illegally parked vehicles.


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Has Chicago Become A Towing War Zone.....

From www.nbcchicago.com


Chicago: Tops in Hostile Tows, Survey Finds

New survey of auto insurance professionals puts Windy City at top of list when it comes to skyrocketing, inconsistent towing charges and fees

July 2011
By Lisa Parker

Add this to Chicago’s long list of accomplishments: first, when it comes to the most hostile towing market.

That's according to a new survey of auto insurance professionals, which puts the Windy City at the top of the list when it comes to skyrocketing and inconsistent towing charges and fees connected to vehicle towing and storage.

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Chicago’s home state gets a dubious distinction in this survey, too: as the state most in need of legislative remedies on towing issues.

"Chicago topped the list as the city with the most hostile towing market," said  Deirdre Manna, the Vice President of Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, which commissioned the survey of more than 300 companies.

The PCI survey found that consumers nationwide pay through the nose when it comes to unfair and excessive towing fees- to the tune of about 300 million dollars. In Chicago, they say, those abuses run amok.

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