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pigdog12 t1_j3eb4w9 wrote

Next time just call a tow company

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j3enp5f wrote

Is that actually a thing? Can you get someone towed from the street in front of your driveway by a private company? I thought it had to be from private property like a lot for the private towing. Certainly the Parking people, (whatever they are called now that they're not an Authority) will not do it, it's hard to get them to issue a ticket.

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Knobbies4Ever t1_j3mwqgb wrote

My understanding is that in JC, if you have a legal driveway that is blocked, you can call PA to ticket the vehicle. Subsequent to that, if your vehicle is blocked in the driveway, PA will call a tow for the offending vehicle. If you're trying to get into your driveway, they won't tow.

Source: neighbors with driveways who've done this (happily I haven't had this happen with my own driveway).

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j3n9hv0 wrote

This is precisely correct. You cannot call a private towing company to pull someone's car from the street even if they're blocking your driveway.

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jeffsnguyen t1_j3f0w49 wrote

It is a thing anywhere. The driver verify it is indeed your property and you are the one who requested before towing. They will decline and tell you to call the cop if they are unable to verify. They don’t just tow people randomly based on phone calls.

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Blecher_onthe_Hudson t1_j3ivlze wrote

But it's not my private property if it's in front of my driveway, it's the street. Amusingly, the last several times a car has been parked in front of my driveway, it's been a police cruiser! No obvious police activity anywhere to be seen, they're most likely grabbing lunch up the street.

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jeffsnguyen t1_j3jmn27 wrote

You cannot block somebody’s private property’s driveway access. It’s the law. Why don’t you educate yourself and instead of being passive aggressive and come on here typing essays arguing. It is standard in this country to tow anybody who block access to your driveway. You can tow at owner’s expense. “But but but”. Do something or quit crying.

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diplore t1_j3lmu6c wrote

You cannot call a private towing company to tow someone blocking your driveway unless their vehicle is physically on your (private) property. If they're in the street, the towing company has to be engaged by PA. Source: me, I've tried calling a tow company direct because parking authority sucks.

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iSkyscraper t1_j3m0yi2 wrote

Really? In NYC the procedure is to first have the police come and ticket the driver for blocking a driveway (which is state law). After there is a ticket on the vehicle, you can then call a tow truck to take it away and they are happy to make $$$$ and do so.

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diplore t1_j3muwbp wrote

Once they've ticketed, I think you can then call a private towing company, but at that point parking authority can also call a towing company. After the two hours it takes for them to show up and ticket, the rest of the time is somewhat of a wash. I'm not bitter....

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