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?

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They only ticket if someone complains...

[jimmyfergus.livejournal.com]

A Somerville police officer, when knocking my door to tell me my car would be towed unless I moved it (much appreciated), told me that they only ticket and tow for the 48 hour rule if there has been a complaint.

Someone *really* didn't like my car, because it hadn't even been there for 48 hours (about 46). I got off the ticket by showing them the airline ticket I used coming into the country, 48 hours before the ticket was issued.

I also had 3 tickets in that period for parking on the wrong side of the road, two of them 6 hours apart. They let me off one of those too. That's another rule I think is pointless on a quiet residential street.