- A tow truck hooked up an illegally parked semi truck after it sat briefly.
- The initial tow bill was $3,000 but soon ballooned to a staggering $12,000.
- New laws may soon begin to put pressure on tow companies in the state.
Parking incidents are all too common. Sometimes people park where they shouldn’t, but usually, it’s for just a few minutes. However, when a quick stop turns into a five-figure disaster, you start to wonder where the line between enforcement and exploitation is.
That’s what reportedly happened to the driver in this story. He parked his big rig on West Pointe Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina. Only a few minutes later, he ended up with a $3,000 tow bill that would grow to four times that before the day ended.
It turns out that the driver knew he was parking illegally. As we can see from images available on Google Maps, that road is full of “No Parking” and “Tow Away Zone” signs. Nevertheless, he did it anyway because he claimed he saw other drivers parked there too. And to be fair, the satellite images back up his story, but don’t make it right. Just because others are breaking the rules doesn’t mean the consequences don’t apply…