Wow i am very suprised. I can't believe all those happening in MD. I was thinking about moving from VA to MD

 

The tow truck company is responsile for damages to your car.


I see it a hundred times per week here at work.

 

damn , you must have pissd off the cops

 

nothing is black and white like that, there are some ****ty cops in the business.

 

The Moral of this story is HAVE YOUR CAR ON THE ROAD LEGAL and none of this would have happened.

Look all the cop hater fan boys relax for a second. There are three sides to this story, his, the cops, and the truth.

And no the copd DIDNT have to get concent to search the car if it was being impounded, its a safety issue. If you would have had it registered it would have been different, but you didnt.

As far as any damage thats between you and the towing company. They are expected to do a job in a professional manner.

 

I don't mean to insult, but you probably shouldn't call someone retarded when you can't spell, begin your sentences with "ANd," and forget to remove your pinky from the SHIFT key.


Carry on.

 

these threads crack me up.... woe is me...I was so wronged...

It wasn't anyone's fault that you were pulled over but yours... plain and simple. once the cops decided to impound the car, which the have the full right to do, they are within their right to "search and secure" the car prior to the tow company showing up. another post above stated that most cops just issue tickets/warnings and tell you to go home. I am betting that an attitude caused these officers to decide to tow your car. I find it funny that everyone is quick to jump on the "get a lawyer" bandwagon. dude, you were doing something illegal, suck it up and pay for it...
like the post states above, there are going to be 3 stories. yours, the cops and the truth.

as far as the damage to the car, I would go after the tow company in small claims court. take plenty of pics PRIOR to driving the car off the tow lot, including pics of the truck that towed your car.

 

***Update: Well my Evo is still in the impound. Friday I drove to the dealership (all the way in Mannasas Virginia) to get another temp tag. He issued me a 1 day transport tag to get the car out of the impound and inspected. Once I had it inspected the dealership could give me the tags on the spot. So I am on my way back from the dealership driving my 1994 Toyota Paseo (my reliable daily beater) and my tire blows. I am stranded an hour away from where I live, and I have no tools, no jack, and no spare tire. A friend arrives 3 hours later and has a spare tire but he assumed I had a lug wrench, but I didn't. So we say screw it, and I leave the car on the side of the road (interstate 66 east). To make things safe I leave the car all the way to the left, almost rubbing up against the median wall. We make it back to the police station (Laurel MD) and they give me a huge hassle for not having proof of ownership (the dealership didn't issue my title yet) so I have to explain my story to a police officer at the station, and me and my friend manage to finally convince him to give us the tow release form. The officer who wrote me the citations forgot to write up a report and it took them 50 minutes to write up a report and issue the tow release. By this time the impound closes. We plead on the phone for the impound to stay open for us, but they refused to stay a minute after 5:00 pm. The transport tag the dealership issued me is still good for the next day (Saturday) until midnight, so I would just have to wait until the next morning (and pay for the $25.00 extra day fee) to pick the car up. So me and my friend decide to go to some party in Ellicott City and we both get really ripped. I pass out on someone's couch drunk as hell and at 5:00 am my friend tells me he has to go to Towson (one of our local hot chick college) for a bootie call. So I'm like "you better be back tommorow morning!". I wake up at 10:00 am and call the tow place, they tell me they are only open until 12:30 pm on Saturdays. I frantically call my friend over and over to come pick me up. He doesn't answer his cell phone. I'm stranded at this house with no ride, and all the paperwork for the impound (tags and police release form) are in my friend's car. After calling him over 50 times in a row, my friend finally wakes up and by this time it is already 12:15 pm. I managed to talk someone at the police impound to stay until 1:00 pm. I prayed that my friend would make it, but by the time he made it to the house it was already 1:00 pm, and the police impound closes. They aren't open on Sunday so I would now have to wait until monday morning, and pay the extra $50.00 for storage. The transport tags that the dealership issued me are now expired. At this point I was at a loss for words. I figured the best thing to do was get a spare tire for my daily ride so that I would at least have a working car. Me and my friend stop by the local junkyard (Crazy Ray's for all you DC/Baltimore locals) and I grab a tire + rim from another wrecked Toyota Paseo for $20.00. The tire was in new condition so it was a bargain. We head back down to Manassas Virginia where my Toyota had been left stranded on Route 66. I knew the exact spot where I had left the car, and when we arrived there the car was gone. I began to freak out. My friend calms me down, and we call 411 to get the # for the Virginia state police's general non-emergency number. We track down the impound where my Toyota was being held at, and $216.00 later (and after putting the new tire on) I was driving it out of the impound. They told me the reason the car was towed was because the police considered it "unsafe" on the median. The car had been left in that spot for less than 24 hours. I drive down to the dealership and they issue me yet another transport tag for Monday.

So there you have it. Two days, two cars impounded. Tommorow (Monday) I go to the Laurel Impound to get the Evo out and inspected (and tagged). Wish me luck, I think I might need it.

 

Dam, you must have the worst luck in the world.

 

I was polite as possible to the police officers, and tried to make casual conversation. I made sure they saw my hands at all times and turned on the lights. They kept trying to convince me that I had tried to run from the police, so I guess they thought I had something to hide or I was some type of criminal on the run. It wasn't until the one short bald cop started pushing me around did I start to get really pissed. I asked for his name and badge number and he refused to give me either and told me I could have it if I wanted to go to jail, and he had his one hand on his pistol. I've owned alot of cars and up until this point I'ver never had any problems with tags or getting impounded. I'm not sure if this is standard procedure for police or not. I don't know much about law, so maybe everything they did was 100% by the book. I am not trying to say I am a perfect person, and I knew I was doing something illegal. I have been stopped in a car with expired temporary tags before, and the police let me go. I didn't know what could happen if I was pulled over by the wrong police.

 

Wow that sucks ***, just lighten up because all in all you'll still have your evo. Well eventually. but good luck and yeah id be pretty pissed too if that happend.


btw were there any hott chicks over at the college

 

So from what you're saying only stupid people join the Marines as a last resort after getting out of High School? May I ask what branch of US military you graced with your presence? I joined the Marines right out of High School because I didn't want to go straight into College and wanted to get a good skill set for a career. I now have a very good career working for the Federal Government civil service working in a Laboratory calibrating test equipment for the military as well as outside organizations, and I make very good money doing it. Just because you join the Marines or the Army does not mean you are not an intelligent individual, and any time you would like to compare brain pans, I would be happy to entertain.

Funny how Marines are contacted with all sorts of law enforcement agencies, to include US Marshals, to come work for them due to their training. I know quite a few guys that got out and went back home with jobs as cops. Oh, and BTW if you think the government only gives you $1,000 a month you're even dumber then you sound. You make a pretty decent living in the military once you reach E-5, and if you go the Officer route, you can make VERY good money.

Ok, I’m off my soap box now…..just can’t stand it when somebody who has no idea what they’re talking about tries to talk trash about our military folks.

As for the guy getting your car impounded…that sucks to hear bro, you definitely need to get yourself a good attorney if the cop was pushing you and threatening you. Hope it all works out for you.

 

man dude, that's wrong bro, sorry that you went through all of that BS. I agree with most of the members here, hire a lawyer, I am pretty sure that they need your consent or a warrant to search your ride or else they wil be violating your 4th amendment rights. I hope all goes well for you.

 

People who Join the Armed Services certainly have less options then those who have parents who could afford college and so on. I love the Marines, but most of the people there are the ones looking for direction as they are lacking it. On the other side Military Brats who get into West Point have my Envy. If i were forced into the Militry it would be a sort of air service, maybe jets or helicopters and so on. As a college graduate, perfect vison, and a 5-11 height, I am quite a good candidate for a pilot.

 

Once they decided to impound your car, they may have been required to search it, FYI. No warrant necessary. Technically, this isnt a search, but an 'inventory', so that everything can be accounted for incase something disappears in impound. He is, at this point, responsible for your property.

Also, I would definitely file a complaint against the second officer. He just sounds like an a dick. If you cannot read his name, ask when you call. They can find out what his name and badge number are, it is all recorded somewhere.