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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
Multi story parking structures exist.
On-street parking even exists in Amsterdam, it's definitely less than in cities with less bike lanes/sane infrastructure but there's still some pretty much everywhere.
I mean they're starting to implement car-less city centers. Im all for it! Have a big (free) car park near a train/metro station and take public transport into the center.
Unpopular opinion: Anyone that does repossessions of any kind is a class traitor. Let the rich collect their own debts.
It'd be fun to see some lady in a suit hooking a Dodge Ram to a tow truck as fast as she could.
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.
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?
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.
Idiots shouldn't buy things they can't afford. I have no sympathy for someone that buys a gigantic overpriced truck and gets it repossessed because they're not paying the bill.
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.
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…
Taste the beast!
Please, what is the name of the documentary?
Role Models
Thank you!
Edit:
spoiler
Oh, I get it now.
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.
“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.
Right, I’m sure they do. I just have a hard time believing the bloke who jumped in a tow truck in a tantrum and drove it into other peoples property truly thought that this was the case.
Don't get me wrong I see the news report from five years ago of it happening but old mate realistically probably didn’t think the guy he told repeatedly to get away from his car was actually stealing it. Edit:
“Dude, put my f–king truck down now! I’m warning you,” the suspect identified as Laiosa yells at the driver. “I’m warning you, motherf–ker! Get the f–k away from my truck!” he continues before jumping into the tow truck and barreling down the street with his truck attached.
Definitely a guy that thinks he’s being robbed and not pissed that he’s being towed guys, totally.