My friend and author Roberto Sastre (see older blogpost), has discoverd in the Facebook group from New Zealand:
“You’ve got my Car Park, want my Disability too?”
a post about a trend-setting disabled parking place sign with the text of the director of a towing company who got tired of all the silly excuses of the disabled parking place occupiers…
Brilliant… please read below what the group admin and the director of the towing company have to tell
We just received an email from the Director of New Zealand Towing Ltd based in Royal Oak. He has come up with this sign because he was tired of all the silly excuses so listed the 3 most common ones.
He said he was a huge supporter of our page & has even gone out & purchased digital cameras each for all of his Tow Trucks so that they can take photos of cars parked illegally in Mobility Parking Spaces & send them to our page!
He then told us the 6 rules he goes by before towing a person parked in a Mobility Parking Space, they are as follows…..
“1. No pass its towed – charged full price
2. Forgot to display and are abusive – charged full price.
3. Forgot to display and are polite – charged half price (Personal agreement with CCS Royal Oak staff who are just great people)
4. Have good reason why it not displayed – returned FREE OF CHARGE (Again a Personal agreement with CCS Royal oak staff)
Example: Hands crippled with arthritis and 87 year old lady could not open her purse because she forgot to renew her medication which is what she was doing when we towed it away – I paid for taxi to our yard gave her a cup of tea opened her medication bottle so she could be pain free and once she was ok she left at no cost one happy lady. (Yes Towies have hearts….well I do)
5. Expired pass by more than 3 months its towed even if displayed and CCS called to check if new pass issued if they have valid pass but displayed wrong one its a free return but expired pass cut up. If not renewed and just parking on expired pass – charged full price and pass turned in to confetti (I would love to charge double on these rat bags who only had a temp pass but still use 1-5 year old expired pass)
last rule but its more common sense “If vehicle has wheel chair lift access we don’t touch it even if no pass displayed”
Source: Facebook-Group “You’ve got my Car Park, want my Disability too?”