Calgary man loses truck in ticket snafu

So, basically scratch Calgary off as a place to live or visit.

There is a reason citizens want less government and more liberty. Stay classy Calgary.

This would happen in any city. The Guy screwed up. How could the city know the circumstances?

Exactly.

Not many Cities allow long-term parking on streets especially during the Winter.

I don't know about you, but if my vehicle was worth that much, I'd ensure to store it in a more secure space when I was planning to be away for a month +.

His friend wouldn't have advised the authorities of the situation?

This wasn't a winter beater car parked just anywhere, it was a work vehicle with hydraulics parked in front of someones house.

Sounds to me like the city really wanted to haul this guys vehicle off...

Sounds to me like the guy is an idiot.

He is parking it at a friends house. A friend he trusts enough to watch his very valuable vehicle. But, not a friend he sees enough to know about parking restrictions in front of said friend's house? Right.....

Same thing happens around Edmonton all the time. People think they will never get caught, and cry "woe is me" when they finally do.

Save it. If Calgary caves, they will get a sob story every time they issue a ticket.

You've got to read the story:

The city acted after a neighbor complained. The city is not at fault here.

You've got to read the story:

The city acted after a neighbor complained. The city is not at fault here.

As I said, sounds to me like the city was really intent on hauling his car.

It was a specific and unique vehicle, they know EXACTLY where it was towed from so it isn't hard to determine the vehicle, and, at the very least, they would have tried to understand the circumstances if they gave a rats ass at all about common decency and extraneous circumstances.
As an example, the federal government is taking into account the massive drop in oil prices to assist with E.I and other programs, something that was out of the control of many employers in Alberta and certainly unforseen.

Of course, the government could say "if we change policy for every sob story we hear we will have to help everyone..." Someone didn't want to help him one way or another. I'm sure they earned their wings by doing this to the guy.

When you find who bought the truck, and how he is connected to the towing dept., you will
have your answer.

Didn't happen in a vacuum.

When you find who bought the truck, and how he is connected to the towing dept., you will
have your answer.

Didn't happen in a vacuum.

I'm not sure if you are being serious or not, but I wouldn't take it that far. Though, anything is possible I suppose especially in a day and age in which the ends justifies the means for too many.

UH, where does this guy normally park his truck?

Good question. I can't say where he normally did, but I know where he WON'T be parking his truck or any other vehicle for that matter...

This scam goes on in the USA. The thing isn't the auction of the vehicle, it's that the impound and exorbitant storage fees (up to $250 per day) are a big money-maker for cities and some cities, like Sacramento, also apply a city tax on their own impound fees.

The people who are most victimized by these repressive revenue generating policies are low-income people and blue collar workers like the kid in this article.

And notice how Andy the hypocritical leftist doesn't give a fuck that his brand of income-stealing statist money grubbing is destroying the life of a blue-collar man.

It's cute how many of you are ignoring that the truck sat, unclaimed, for 21 days.

Friend couldn't make a phone call to the owner?

Dad couldn't make a phone call to the owner?

This is a "woe is me/full of shit" story published to make the city look bad in spite of the citizen's indiscretions.

I guess personal responsibility is only a tag line to be bandied about when it suits.

It's a stupid tax.

Signs are everywhere. Every City in Canada has these regulations, especially during the winter season.

If you can't read the signs or are ignorant to the laws, the only one to blame is yourself.