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

[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.