Towing for 48 hours, does it actually happen?

[phoenixy.livejournal.com]

So I know about the 48 hour rule, but the 311 messages lately were the first I've heard that you can be towed for it.

So I was wondering--does this ACTUALLY happen to people? With no warning? I need to leave my car for 60 hours (plus another 12 hours on a holiday) and I'm okay with the possibility of a ticket, but towing--is something they just hypothetically can do, or has this actually happened to anyone who wasn't using the street as super long-term storage?

Comments

[lizzyclean.livejournal.com]

Just for some perspective, last summer there was a car parked near me in Teele Square that was left abandonded for months. Leaves and trash were piled up under the body of the car and several tickets were under the wipers. It took 3 calls to 311 over a period of weeks to actually get it towed. We had a small party when it was finally removed.

Why that car was allowed to remain in the same spot for months, yet tax-paying residents who go on vacation are punished is beyond me.

Good luck with your situation!

[gothic-hamlet.livejournal.com]

Same thing happened to us in our neighborhood - last year a car was parked for a month or two in the same spot. But to top it off, it was parked a good solid two and a half feet from the curb - making it somewhat difficult far larger cars to drive down the street past it. It took several weeks worth of calls to get the darn thing towed.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Why that car was allowed to remain in the same spot for months, yet tax-paying residents who go on vacation are punished is beyond me.

I'll pick "Human Beings Sometimes Make Mistakes" for $400, Alex!

[arrowintwolakes.livejournal.com]

Pretty big, stupid or maliciously ignorant mistake, especially since it's not an isolated incident.

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's malicious: what would anyone in the Somerville Traffic and Parking Department have to gain by leaving an abandoned car on a city street?

My guess is that it's probably an issue related to understaffing and/or confusion between which parking zone the car is in and therefore who's responsible.