Abandoned Cars Towed Away

Cash 4 Cars Cleveland is back with an unusual story relating to vehicle abandonment in CA. As readers know, we are a buyer of scrap vehicles that will provide a quote for an old car over the phone. To scrap a car in Lakewood, Berea or Brunswick, we are where to junk a car quickly. When a vehicle is abandoned on public property the authorities typically will contact the tow service provider(s) for the jurisdiction to remove the car. In the July 19, 2015 edition of the sbsun.com a story by Doug Saunders titled ‘High towing fees irk those caught in 15 Freeway firestorm’ discussed one such tow organization accused of overcharging people recently as follows: “Angry owners flooded social media with complaints that they had been charged $1,000 or more in towing fees after being forced to abandon their cars Friday in the 15 Freeway firestorm. They are charging $220 an hour to all those people, according to Michelle Sepulveda. She said a family yesterday has to pay over $2,600 to get a car out.

California Highway Patrol officials quickly acted on the multiple complaints, opening an investigation into the allegations. Inland CHP spokesman Steve Carpia said they called several tow companies, resolving this issue. The manager of Gonzales Tow in Victorville stated they do not operate on people’s hopelessness or overcharging. Gloria Chairez, who owns the AZX Auto Transport operation in Fontana, has a powerful message aimed at tow companies accused of gouging victims whose cars had to be towed, she went up to carry their cars down for free. She said the CHP asked for volunteers to help clear the vehicles from the site to a dirt lot near the Highway 138 turnoff. Twenty vehicles on the freeway were destroyed by flames when drivers couldn’t escape the fire, and 10 more were damaged.”
The complete story is available at this link: http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20150719/high-towing-fees-irk-those-caught-in-15-freeway-firestorm-one-charged-2600

Perhaps some of the tow companies could add a reasonable surcharge to account for something like unexpected overtime pay or such; however, just multiplying the usual charges on unsuspecting customers is certainly inappropriate. Those forced to abandon vehicles amid a firestorm deserve better treatment then that!  

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