They finally busted him. Russell Laiosa. I know the NY Post is a rag, but it’s the first article I found confirming an arrest.
unpopular opinion: On street parking is a mistake.
It creates problems like this and takes way too much policing to prevent streets from looking like dumps, disrupts visibility and results in overly large streets that require oversized, polluting stormwater solutions while limiting space for buildings and people.
The problem with removing on street parking is the cars have to go somewhere, most likely larger parking lots. Now if they made more bike lanes and better public transportation alternatives we wouldn’t have this problem.
I haven’t dived into the article, but it is about NYC where public transit is good enough that owning a car just isn’t necessary like most of the US.
Depends on if you work or live in Jersey or the surrounding suburbs
I think I saw a documentary about a similar incident recently… it had two sports drink salesman in a minotaur truck badly parked getting towed & they drove it away while still attached & crashed. Long story short they had to do community service looking after kids to be role models & hilarity ensued…
Wow a Role Models comment in the wild
can we not post right wing tabloids
I try to avoid low-quality publications. But hey, sometimes they have the scoop.
Do better.
Edit: Suggesting not to regularly post right wing toilet paper gets a flood of downvotes?
Unpopular opinion: Anyone that does repossessions of any kind is a class traitor. Let the rich collect their own debts.
This guy parked in a no parking zone. This wasn’t a repo.
And allegedly had over $1300 in parking and other related fines unpaid
If you don’t have auto repossessions happening, then that’ll increase the risk to someone doing auto financing. Those aren’t charities, aren’t just issuing the money there as a grant, so it’d increase the cost and financial requirements to get automobile financing.
One might need to pay much more interest on an auto loan or simply not be able to get an auto loan at all and only buy a vehicle cash-up-front in that world.
Meaning car companies will either need to start making vehicles people can afford or the public pressure for public transportation will massively increase. Win-win.
While I somewhat agree with you, people need personal responsibility.
The industry is intentionally preying on people. They have no business giving most of these people loans. Where is their responsibility?
The industry loses money doing a repossessiom and sale, that’s the only incentive they need. You can have individuals deciding whether a financial decision is in their own best interest or you can have corporations decide for them.
They’re being paid to do a job
So were the Pinkertons. That doesn’t mean it’s morally justified.
Another unpopular opinion. If you borrow money, pay it back. Regardless of who loaned it to you.
Damn life must really be easy for you with such a simple mind
Yeah why would anybody agree to make life more difficult merely for moral superiority that doesn’t do much?
You’re really going to invoke the Nuremburg defense for a vehicle theft?
Recovery, not theft. Be an adult.
“He said the tow truck was unmarked, the guy made threatening comments to him and he thought the guy was robbing his truck,” he told The Post.
Oh yes, the guy getting towed totally thought he was getting robbed. A car thief that brought a… tow truck. In broad daylight. Is there a gang a car thieves out there intentionally trying to get locked up? Or is this as shit a cope for a 55 year old as it sounds?
People really do steal cars, my friend. A tow truck is a great way to do that, in fact. Disguising oneself as a legitimate worker is a classic tactic, not limited to the car theft world.
Let’s be real, towing a car is theft.
I feel like maybe you aren’t actually familiar with the issue you’re commenting about here. Maybe you should read the article and watch the video before defending this guy.
Let me guess you think not paying for the truck is perfectly fine
No
Dude broke the law by parking in a no parking zone.
The penalty will amount to several thousand dollars. Especially in NYC.
It’s predatory as shit.
3rd party towing and “storage fees” should be illegal. It should be operated by the city and the parking ticket should pay for the cost the city goes through (not funding the cops)
3rd party towing and “storage fees” should be illegal. It should be operated by the city and the parking ticket should pay for the cost the city goes through (not funding the cops)
Agreed. I do think there should also be a punitive fine for breaking the law and blocking the street though. Storage fees also make sense if you don’t collect the car X amount of days. Storage isn’t free but maybe you included those costs in “the cost the city goes through”.
Also third party towing isn’t a bad thing if they are simply contractors to the city.
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