New Legal News

A newer form of technology works like this, with some minute differences between systems.

A special car is driven along the city, with a camera that scans license plates, and a radar type device that connects to gps satellites. When a target vehicle is found, the exact location is marked, and a towing service is dispatched via automated computers. At this point your car was stolen, by the police.

Thats the most extreme set up. Most are handled without the automated computer. Basically whats being deployed is a system capable of scanning 1500 plates a day, compared with the old numbers of 40. However, this service isnt just used byt the police, and the police themselves are using it for rather petty reasons.

In san fransisco, police unit drive around and scan for plates that have recieved parking tickets. Upon a match they pull over and attach a “boot” to the car preventing it from being driven. You must then go pay the amount and wait for the authorities to remove the boot before life may progress.

The problem with it is abuse. A rather extreme case was the Illinois women who had her car towed for 1.85 in library fines.