Sudden Imapact Collision Illegal and predatory towing in houston midtown area Houston Texas
My car was towed from a bank parking lot by sudden impact collision towing company. the parking lot has 6 entrances, none of which display signs indicating that the area was a tow away zone (additionally it was a sunday and the bank was closed). when i returned to find my car missing i origanaly thought it was stolen as i could see no tow away signs. after searching the parking lot i found 1 sign (does not conform to TXDOT standards and only visable from 1 of the 6 entrances).
When i contacted sudden impact collision i spoke with the tow truck driver who admitted to seeing me walk away from the car....predatory towing???
After going through the legal procedings for a tow hearing sudden impact collisions didnt even turn up to the court date and therefore i won the case. Sudden impact collision was given 10 days to appeal and 30 days to re-imburse my towing fees. after the 10 day appeal period i approached teh company to confirm my address and they flat out told me they were not going to pay up and that i was lucky to win the case.
The 30 days for them to re-imburse is now up and i intend to take this up with the small claims court and pursue this as a predatory towing case.
Danny
Houston, Texas
U.S.A.
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Marc
Makaha,Hawaii,
U.S.A.
Good you won your court case.
#2Consumer Comment
Wed, October 11, 2006
You may have to take them back to court to actully get paid.
My question is, why did you park in the bank's lot and invite trouble? Banks are constantly fighting illegal parkers, for a number of reasons. Liability for one. Next would be bums abandoning cars on the lot, and it's a civil hell to get rid of the derilects. Then there are the oil-leakers that ruin the bank's pavement, and can cost hundreds to clean up.
When the driver saw you walking away he had to be wondering why you didn't park near where you were going instead of his customer's lot, which he is paid to keep clear. There could be a sign every six inches and some people would insist on parking where they are not allowed to, just out of arrogance and lack of respect for the property of others.
Maybe the bank owner would simply like to see a nice clean parking lot on Monday morning instead of a trashy, oily, junk-car-on-blocks-in-the-corner dug-up lot, eh? Isn't he entitled?