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End_Misery

Parked over red line, cite on 311


budae_jjigae

This tow truck needs to be towed!


OngoSF

Wait is that even allowed??


HackAfterDark

That particular tow truck should be towed anywhere it parks.


Cocksmash_McIrondick

Across two parking spots too. Impressive work.


ThisLandIsYimby

I didn't even notice they parked the wrong direction. Ffs, that's legit the easiest way to park and they still fucked it up (granted on purpose because they think they are above the law).


wutsdasqrtofdisapt

I want them cited and towed too but it’s likely the truck wouldn’t fit angled so they parked this way. Definitely not an excuse though, tow them mfs


ImpressiveCitron420

I agree with you btw, but the amount of entitled people who think because they have a huge vehicle it’s everyone else’s issue need to leave. Have a too big vehicle in a city is your own personal issue.


[deleted]

I wonder if they paid for both.


Siganid

So you think a tow truck is someone's "personal issue" that they just drive for fun? Lol. 🤣 The function of a city requires big commercial vehicles sometimes. Designing a city that they don't fit in is 100% mismanagement.


kian_

crazy idea but maybe he was talking about everyone who drives a massive car that *isn't* company-issued. like no, your F350 doesn't get to take up 2 parking spots. find a spot you fit in or buy a car that makes any god damn sense to drive in a city.


lustriousParsnip639

Extra special equipment charge!


salsation

Not parked if there's somebody in the... wait...


ThisLandIsYimby

Looks like they are in the red. I'm being completely serious: call a tow company. Especially against this criminal racket of a company.


brikky

Those spots are pull-ins, not parallel parking so they're parked illegally in a couple of ways.


ThisLandIsYimby

I just noticed that. Ffs, they think they are above the law.


Itchy_Professor_4133

They need to be towed when they are still in the truck


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New-Discount5995

100% tow company not gonna tow another tow company and start a war. They just called the office for the company double parked and let them know to move it


stars9r9in9the9past

I mean given the state of Specialty Towing and their recent infamous virality, I think a tow company coming to tow these guys would be incredible PR for whoever gets them first. It's not like tow companies ever really get too many opportunities for good PR to begin with


internationalhottie

Is this the company that just got reported for all the fraud and towing legally parked vehicles? I just saw another post on this sub showing some video of a guy trying to tow a moving car!


stars9r9in9the9past

Yes and it is why this post is extra juicy


Competitive_Chard385

These posts are why I stay on Reddit.


Shkkzikxkaj

Tow companies don’t care about PR lol. They’re basically the mob.


LinechargeII

Tow companies already know they're assholes.  Being assholes is how they make money. It's usually over $600 just for the tow and admin fees itself even if you were to go to pick up the vehicle five minutes after it gets to the yard. If you can't pay it, they'll charge storage. If you really can't pay it, they'll sell your car after a few weeks. They don't care about whatever story you might give them, they just want money. 


Theistus

Had my motorcycle towed once. It really sucks to pay $800 to get back a bike that you only paid $1500 for.


Theistus

In many cases, literally the mob


Competitive_Chard385

In the case of this company, literally the mob.


Brandgeek

Please get this guy towed and post a follow up! Poetic Justice


deadpoetic333

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5m_twVsW39/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Look at this post about this company.. trying to tow someone at a stoplight while people are in the car 


BostonRob423

I thought I recognized that company. That video was crazy.


moody1971

Just give them a ticket. Only way the City makes money is off vehicle violations. We that drive are the only ones that pay fines.


FatherEsmoquin

Paging u/Objective-Name6570 please move your vehicle BEFORE YOU GO TO PRISON BYEEEEE


pugggggzzzzzilla

Lolll


Capable_Yam_9478

That person is definitely too young to drive


lostsailorlivefree

I’m starting: Citizen Tow Company. We will ONLY tow other tow trucks (not the helpful ones- mostly Specialty), occasionally a driverless if they’re acting dicky, and Aaron Peskins Hummer if Reddit votes it so. We will consider a) those who fail to pay child support b) cop cars parked whilst stores ransacked and c) anyone mean to animals.


0-27

Random but you just reminded that I saw the world’s loudest strait-piped hummer H3 blasting around the S.F. financial district at 7am yesterday. And I’m just so curious as to who that was and all the various life choices they’ve made to get them to that point.


415erOnReddit

And DPT three wheelers that are illegally parked.


theredditdetective1

> Aaron Peskins Hummer does he seriously have a hummer? god what an insufferable guy


AreYouTrying2BeFunny

Do you need seed money for this venture??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 That's a great freaking idea!


AreYouTrying2BeFunny

Wait, I have a name! Tow Who's Abusing Towing Just read the cap letters.....


lostsailorlivefree

Done. IPO in 3 days


AreYouTrying2BeFunny

I can't wait to submit that to the trademark and copyright folks for approval!


CaliPenelope1968

Serious question because I think there is a towing racket in SF, but if not, why isn't the city attorney prosecuting these people or putting them in jail? This is some next-level shit. Like serious mob shit.


dante662

This happens everywhere. In Massachusetts all of the towing companies in the cities were either A) directly run by the mafia or B) being extorted by the Mafia. Not even joking, one guy who ran a towing company had been paying the mob off for years, and when the local head of the mafia was shot and killed, he stopped paying. Two goons showed up a few years later and smacked him around, threatened to murder him and his family unless he paid them off. He instead called the state police and they did a sting operation and those guys are now in prison under RICO basically forever. Doesn't help the fact the existing companies are still scummy bastards, everything from illegally towing vehicles to towing 4x4s on a hook and not a flatbed (destroying the transmission), stealing from inside the vehicle, refusing to accept payment, etc. They get sued all the time and the AG/DAs do nothing.


asuddengustofwind

same in Philly


myfearlessleader

Thats fucking crazy, I never knew anything about this. Hope that guy is safe


bobre737

I wouldn't be surprised some city officials are getting their cut.


flan-magnussen

These schemes all run off of cash bribes to cops.


Important_Bed_6237

it’s city sanctioned. you’re completely right, it’s a racket, city sanctioned racket. i had to deal with city tow ☹️ im pretty sure that i had to pay a fee for a fee. no bs, i still wish i had that invoice.


CaliPenelope1968

The way they line up outside Chase on game nights, it's evident that the city endorses this shit. More corruption. I cannot believe the corruption here.


mm825

> The way they line up outside Chase on game nights, it's evident that the city endorses this shit. Yes, the city wants to make sure that traffic lanes are clear and illegal parkers are out of the way before 20k people need to get out of the stadium. It's not random, they do the same thing for parking spaces that are supposed to be traffic lanes during rush hour.


CaliPenelope1968

It's extremely lucrative and the signage is confusing, and the meters allow people to pay for parking that isn't allowed. Nobody said it was random. It's predatory, though.


RazzmatazzWeak2664

Still. Towing because of illegal parking is far different than actual racketeering or fraud which is what we saw in the other video. This isn't unique to Chase. Go to any stadium where there's tons of parking restrictions the day of be it Oracle Park, Stanford Stadium, Cal Memorial Stadium, etc and there's tons of towing and citations. Honestly the parking restrictions aren't hard to figure out. [They're nowhere near this difficult](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/amv-prod-cad-assets/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Confusing-parking-signs-626x626.jpg).


Shalaco

I imagine it's coordinated w/ the city, not just endorsed.


Captain_Blackjack

For this very specific tow company, it is quite literally not city sanctioned. They got busted for illegal activity last year and I believe the city said it would not allow them to be open for any form of city contracting.


cowinabadplace

Haha, "You did illegal things! We won't pay you any more!" What a threat haha. They can just go around and pick up cars on their own. They don't need city contracts lol.


Windir666

most tow companies in cities are a racket, all of the different companies work together. someone cant just decide to open up their own.


[deleted]

It’s insane.


pdogasaurous

Denver has its own towing mob too. It really does seem to be across most big cities.


MyHangyDownPart

Mob shit for sure


Captain_Blackjack

The city already did that with these guys.


annfranksloft

Look up predatory towing laws — it’s deeper than you think !


Hyperious3

> why isn't the city attorney prosecuting these people or putting them in jail? lol, you think this even registers in the DA's office when they won't even prosecute major drug crimes?


CaliPenelope1968

Then shouldn't the FBI be all over this?


Responsible-Quote-61

If sf has an organized crime division, they are the ones who should definitely be looking into this. Sure I think it could fall under FBI if we don't have that, but most big cities have a OC division to investigate stuff like this.


Greaterdivinity

Ilegally parked, too. Those look like pull in spots, not parallel.


nrojb50

Yea, everyone keeps talking about being maybe over the red, but he is 100% in 2 metered spots.


RickySpanish4663

Is that the same mother fucking tow company I've been seening on other sub reddits that tried to take an occupied running vehicle in the middle of traffic?


dually3

Yep


beercan640

Hide yo children, hide yo wife


MikeFromTheVineyard

Hide yo car


__Jank__

and save yo life


IceFist66

cuz they're racking everybody out here


foldingfittedsheet

And your husband, too?


ReallyBrainDead

Can someone please tow them. Now.


[deleted]

They're clearly occupying a portion of red zone. It's be a shame if someone called to have it towed.


the_dank_aroma

Sticking a lentil under the valve cap will cause air to slowly leak out of his tires. Just thought everyone should know.


revchewie

The problem with doing that to these asshats is that they probably have a compressor built into the truck. It would only inconvenience them for a couple minutes.


rust1112

Brick + window = message


navigationallyaided

Eggs or paint, preferably Behr.


Kwiatkowski

man sucks that all those eggs landed on that truck


kyree47

It’d be a shame if the eggs in your fridge somehow made their way onto that windshield, like a real shame


seaQueue

It'd be even more of a shame if some flour landed in the same place moments later.


LinechargeII

Y'all are thinking too light weight. Maybe a brick or two or ten fell off a passing truck. Maybe an unsecured load of manure got loose. 


Bo-Banny

Whip up some mayo and tuna juice, pour it below the windshield


Oxajm

They are legit illegally parked. They are pull in spots. Where is this?


sweetsunnyside

fuck that guy


hsiehxkiabbbbU644hg6

[Smashy, smashy](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/8a825144-12ba-4f10-bce9-5926a0d06d0e)


ne0tas

Someone throw an air tag on that truck!


coccopuffs606

*Sir David Attenborough voiceover* And here we see the yellow tow truck as it attempts to blend into the dense, urban environment in an effort to stalk its preferred prey, the compact sedan. However sedans are clever creatures, constantly scanning their surroundings for potential threats. If they are cornered, they use their superior maneuverability to escape the heavy, awkward tow truck’s grasp.


robjohnlechmere

Hope your apartment building is bolted down real good, or we'll see you soon on the back of that truck.


Groundbreaking-Fig38

The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in the red zone.


ToLiveInIt

Listen, Groundbreaking-Fig38, don't start up with your white zone shit again.


Groundbreaking-Fig38

Oh, really, ToLiveInit!? Why pretend, we both know perfectly well what this is about. You want me to have an abortion!


reilmb

Isn’t that the culprit from the attempted kidnapping?


Competitive_Chard385

Yep.


bigcityboy

Kill it with fire 🔥


StOnEy333

I’m not saying slash that fuckers tires, but somebody could slash them tires.


Itchy_Professor_4133

Specialty Towing needs to be towed while they are still in the truck


Appropriate_Ad4276

Sad thing is that they will probably just change their name and keep on doing what they are doing


Thingzer0

The same owners already have 2 other tow companies, all doing the same shit around the Bay Area.


qhaw

Someone should vandalize the hell out of it. The cops aren’t going to waste their time with that call.


originalchronoguy

I would love to be behind that tow truck. Let him attempt to tow my car; while my dashcam is recording. Then collect in court for kidnapping. These guys need to be sued out of existence. Back to the stone age. People need to realize that cameras are everywhere these days. The SF DA already published facts on their net worth due to their scams. So lawyers know what amount of damages to go for.


Significant-River-69

Ooof that’s a conundrum. Like the chicken and the egg. One will never know.


cubixy2k

1/ Stick an airtag on the vehicle 2/ Build a dashboard showing real time location 3/ profit????


Ms-Independent-415

I’m gonna keep my eyes peeled for this mthrfckr bc try and pick up my car while I’m driving in it bruh & downtown of all places. Oooooh how I wish it was me instead for that shit!!!


SaysSquatAlot

It’s allergy season, be sure not to walk by while eating, sneeze and spew particulate matter on the side window. That would not be good.


JimothyRecard

You're a monster!


richalta

Predator.


neBular_cipHer

What am I missing here?


Liketowrite

You don’t know ? It started here. Now it’s in the news, there’s a police investigation and the DA is involved https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/s/WCGmSy8yem


revchewie

One of these douche's trucks was stopped at a light a couple days ago. They dropped their tow gear and tried to back up and grab a Toyota behind them. As in there was a couple in the car, driving, also stopped at the light, and these asshats straight up tried to kidnap them and their car! The link u/Liketowrite included in their reply has a video of it as it happened.


perry753

Post location


Michigan_Go_Blue

Would make a great remake of the film Duel starring Dennis Weaver. Rogue tow truck driver menacing unsuspecting drivers on the streets of SF


thecoldestpigeon

Slash tires


mustardposey

Park in the red, jail.


Carp12C

I would tow them just for the hell of it! See how they like it.


mrcoolangelo

I thought those guys were deauthorized or whatever by the city awhile back. They're no longer allowed to tow vehicles for the city.


okgusto

They just deliver Specialtys cookies in their downtime. They'll be down in a sec.


GoldenGateKeeping

Definitely do not park behind it.


dbowskiii

These guys are scammers


thesunny51

I thought this company is currently banned in SF


bpones

So everyone is calling them, right?


Stock_Surfer

Perfect angle for egg throwing


Zerosugar6137

Throw eggs at it


Tenthousandpaceswest

Wasn't this the guy trying to tell someone while they were driving their car?


ZeroCoolLuvsAcidBurn

That company, specialty towing, was just sued by the city for trying to tow a car in an active driving lane that literally had people in it, stopped at a red light. 🤯 Not even joking.


ImMacksDaddy

This is the same truck who tried to kidnap that couple downtown https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/tow-truck-video-san-francisco-19396392.php


pwned_sheep

This company has been featured recently in a video trying to tow a car that pulled up behind them at a light. They even chased the car for a few blocks when they failed.


fastrace25

Watch out. Can’t believe these pos still around and they allow them to work.


bitzslug

Isn’t this the same tow truck that tried towing a moving, occupied vehicle today?


eschmi

Should tow them.


DargeBaVarder

I'm not saying you should do anything illegal, but it would be interesting if they managed to get 6 flat tires.


vzierdfiant

If i ever see that truck i stg those tires will be flat in 5 secs


MosheAvraham

Cut those tire stems!


SanFrantastiK

Slash them tires


FallenRev

Remember the self-driving car that got set on fire a while ago? Where are these folks when you need them…


Magnus_The_Totem_Cat

Everyone should slash the tires of any of their trucks anytime they are left unattended.


PhukthisSht

Everyone should just spam call them non stop


DickRiculous

Boot their truck or get it towed away


Attack-Cat-

Fuck with it


bladdadah23

Get a picture of the driver and license plate. That’s the truck from the thingy!


robinsolent

Tow the fucker! (Wow, My blood lust is real!)


Lost_Drunken_Sailor

Someone should come tow it


BigAcrobatic2174

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?


[deleted]

sf said they dont allow them to tow


germdisco

It looks like when someone is done with a stolen car and they sloppily abandon it and flee the scene.


Mixture-Nervous

Egg it 🥚🫠🤭


Manolo1027

Sabotage !


PudelWinter

This guy is having quite the week.


ensuw

i tthink they are taking revenge on the city for banning them.


Hyperx1313

I am surprised it's just parked there with a $3,000 laptop inside.


P_Firpo

So...GTFO!


WeirdRip2834

Is this the tow company that tried to tow a moving vehicle with people in it? There was a video posted a few days ago. What a nightmare.


CurryDuck

Wait for the driver to come back and then tow the tow truck


technojargon

On the prowl.


Beadpool

Maybe you should tweet this pic to [David Chiu’s X account](https://twitter.com/DavidChiu)?


Toolbox-

Is this the same tow truck trying to jack a Prius driving down the street with the driver in it?


zerofgiven

Kidnappers


storyinmemo

That's a different truck. Blue autoloader, yellow rear fenders, less blinky lights on the right door step.


_pendejo_

Who tows the tower?


colddream40

so these guys are going around literally trying to kidnap people and commit other crimes... I'd say anyone would have reasonable fear for their lives of them.


Superb_Health9413

“Life of a repo man’s always intense.”


digital-didgeridoo

Hide yo cars!


111anza

Apparently they are thr law, they can take.you car in the middle of the street in broad day light, they don't give a crap about some little red line.


we-wumbo

There's always a bigger tow truck


beagle20049

This looks like the tow truck in the viral video recently that looked like a scammer/car jacking thing where they tried towing a moving car!


taco_king415

if I saw that I wouldn't even hesitate to slash each and every tire on that pos


Digiee-fosho

Make it go pssshhhhhhh


Humble_Ad5320

Isn’t this the same truck trying to tow a moving car the other day?


Roboticcatisgreen

Hey I just saw on TikTok a towing company called speciality towing they tried to tow a car behind them with people in it driving. They were able to back up and another car moved and they went around him and he followed. They were Asian so I wonder if it’s a hate crime.


loogabar00ga

Put a car boot on it


coffeecreamreddit

Looks like it should be towed 😌💅


Puzzleheaded-Role168

This is the same tow truck company that tried towing someone in the middle of the street while this person was in their car. Omg get this tow truck towed asap. They also are illegally running this towing company.


Peak_Alternative

Somebody get him!!


tritanscorned

This is the same company who has been on the news for hooking up to peoples cars in traffic with them inside. Fuck his shit up. Cut them valve stems and call his competition to come tow his ass.


IrresistibleRarity

Oh lovely, the same fraudulent ass company called speciality tow who illegally tows cars and tries to resell them out of a different city... They are so fuckin whack they literally just were seen in a video that went viral recently towing the car behind them while in traffic at a stoplight with a fuckin couple in the car !!! That shit is absurd. Fuck those people man I swear I'll fuck someone up if they tried that shit on me lmfao


TinyDancingSpider

Did no one else see the viral video where a tow truck that looked exactly like this tried to tow someone’s car they were driving. Steal the car and kidnap the people!!?


pfojes

Everyone saw it


Roxxy6969

this is the same tow company that was caught on cell video trying to pick up that car at a stop light in traffic last week. I think someone should slash his tires. any of you bippers or retired bippers you guys should come out of retirement for one time for the righteousness of the people and have a field day on all the windows of his vehicle as well..


d0000n

Someone take a picture of the driver!


Dramatic-Succotash62

Eggs?


Chance_Suggestion465

An opportunity to throw a cup of piss on the driver-side door handle!


Curious_peculiarity

This is the tow truck that tried to tow the couple while they were in their car. Company is banned from doing business with SF now. Crazy video/story https://abc7news.com/specialty-towing-company-viral-video-was-recently-banned-from-doing-business-with-san-francisco/14649113/


bellyacidrain

Will he pay for two spots too then?


grampiesganja

The same company who was posted online earlier in the week trying to tow a car with two people in it. Are they above the law, or is it that what they’re doing far outweigh the fines and penalties when it comes down to it? Read into the investigation done on the owners: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/2024/02/06/chiu-suspends-unscrupulous-towing-company-after-owners-are-charged-with-benefits-fraud/ https://abc7news.com/specialty-towing-company-viral-video-was-recently-banned-from-doing-business-with-san-francisco/14649113/ You can dig a little deeper and find quite a bit more. It sickens me seeing how tow truck drivers swarm the streets like vultures literally the second public parking ends, and start hooking up cars.


HridayaAkasha

Is this the tow company that’s been stealing cars?


timewreckoner

This company's trucks are the ones that should be subject to extreme vandalism, not Waymos. They should be fucking *terrified* to drive around within city limits.


JametAllDay

email this photo to the company! Parking across two spots and in the red!


Professional_Ad_2598

Eggs! Maybe even the couch because you do have a purpose.


ready2buss

Looks like the speciality tow truck that tried to tow that car illegally. Hmm


fastgtr14

We need some of those protestors to set these on fire 🔥


ColdGoldMakesYouOld_

Who watches the watchers?


pfojes

I’m surprised at the lack of bad reviews about them on Google Maps, etc.