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SPEAK OUT: Is Towing from County Parking Lots a Problem?
ABC7 highlights the issue of towing in Montgomery County.
With Montgomery County feeling the parking crunch, have you been towed after parking in a lot and “walking off” to a different establishment? Or worse, have you seen your car unfairly towed from the lot of the business in which you were shopping? ABC7 recently highlighted the issue of towing in Montgomery County—30,000 cars last year alone, according to ABC7—and spoke with a family who says their car was unfairly towed. Towing is the No. 1 complaint fielded by the Montgomery County Office of Consumer Protection, according to the report. “We really are in crisis mode in Montgomery County with respect to non-consensual towing,” Eric Friedman, Office of Consumer Protection director, told ABC7. “They’re just hiding, waiting for someone to walk…
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Becky Irvine
5:53 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
We are in a study at NIH with our 9 year old son, we were towed from the Connor Building when a family member came to visit us here. It is very stressful to be at NIH and a town you are not familiar with, we are warning people who go to NIH about the towing here and the Connor bldg. Very bad experience and very costly, something we really couldn't afford, $30 cab fare and $400 tow. more ›