towing incident. tama ba?

[badkuk]

i saw this nice looking BMW X3/X5 that was double-parked -- on the sidewalk -- outside a MiniStop that was just about to be towed away. imho, maayos naman ung pagka double park nya. It was obviously blocking the way of 2-3 parked cars, pero hindi naman nakakaabala sa daan

this happened on a small sidestreet in the ortigas area. tama lang ba na itow sya?

[kimpOy]

1500 pesos din yan.

[FrankDrebin]

Meron akong nai-post dito regarding sa tamang procedure ng MMDA-accre. towing firms.

Hanap ko lang.

[pajerokid]

Strict talaga dito sa Ortigas when it comes to that...

[OTEP]

Ang alam kong objective ng towing is to remove road obstructions.

I don't think it was obstructing the road. And malamang hindi naman iniwan yun ng driver since baka umalis ang ibang nakapark.

Peperahan lang yun.

[notEworthy27]

very true. pineperahan lang. the mmda/pnp said that its ok if the driver is inside the car. and they could personally stop the towing if the owner of the car should arrive on time. that is before they leave with your car.

[mk]

pansin ko lang a....ndi yata lahat ng type of car tinotow nila e...i have never seen big suv's being towed away like expedition,prado.etc..., pero yung mga maliliit na car kawawa. tow agad...

[badkuk]

mk, malamang takot sa mga owners...baka pulitiko, etc. thats why i was quite surprised na naitow ung X3/X5 e...considering pa na medyo malabo ung "violation" nya(i'm not saying owning a bmw makes you above the law though).

di ko na alam kung ano nangyari, hopefully nasabihan ng gwardya ung owner. Biro mo naman, bibili ka lang ng siopao sa ministop, mawawalan ka pa ng bmw? tsk tsk

[shadow]

$$$$$ naging ganyang mga mata ng mga nag tow nun nakita nila yun X5

[ownertype]

poor car, napakahigpit talaga diyan sa Ortigas area. wag lang di mo maiwan ang car mo sa road naku me humatak na kagad.

[kiper]

di ba sabi mo double parking?

tama lang na i-tow un.

[OTEP]

Pero kung nag-double park ka behind two short cars and you are still within the bounds of the parking space (e.g. mas maikli pa din ang overall length ng parked car + your width kesa sa isang 'full size' vehicle), then illogical pang i-tow iyan.

Besides, it is not obstructing traffic.

[kiper]

sa mga ganung streets kasi, you should only park on only one side of the road.

kung may common sense ka na ginagamit mo..park ka na dun sa lane nung dalawang kotse na nakapark na. mas logical un di ba?

peace tayo mga pips. just one to point something out here.

[kyle618]

$$$$$ naging ganyang mga mata ng mga nag tow nun nakita nila yun X5

very true... i've learned the hard way cuz we parked in ortigas in front of a house and when we came back wala na yun car ng kapatid ko... oh well 1500 down the freakin drain... pero mapapansin mo hindi sila nagtotow ng mga super pangit na kotse... those faggots should die poor... haha

[OTEP]

Kiper, the two other cars were parked in the perpendicular easement parking. What the BMW did was park parallel to the road directly behind the said cars(thereby obstructing two other vehicles) but still managing to fit in the intended parking slot without obstructing the road or the flow of traffic.

Parang ganito ----> I= where "I" is the BMW and "=" were the other cars.

[badkuk]

OTEP:Parang ganito ----> I= where "I" is the BMW and "=" were the other cars.

yup, ganun nga...all three cars were up on the sidewalk -- the bmw wasn't touching any part of the road...sorry kung malabo description

[kiper]

ah okay..eh pwede ba naman magpark dun sa side ng road na un?

kasi usually pag perpendicalar eastment parking na..bawal na sa mismong daan.

[OTEP]

Parang dun kasi sa paliwanag, hindi naman sa mismong daan naka-park yung BMW kasi it was not obstructing the flow of traffic.

Malamang, nakasagad siya dun sa dalawang naka-park na sasakyan like how we do it here at UST sometimes.

In theory bawal. Pero if you manage to fit within the remaining space of the two parking slots (dahil width ang factor at hindi length). Then you should be ok.

[kiper]

hmm..di ba perpendicular eastment parking..?

ung bimmer parallel parking na ginawa di ba? hindi na perpendicular.. i-totow talaga yun.

kasi ang rule sa perpendicular eastment parking, kailangan may free space na matitira sa harap at likod ng kotse..meaning ito na ung daanan ng tao or sidewalk.

I=I

I -- 1 meter allowance for pedestrian.
= -- parking for cars.

kung natakpan nya ung sidewalk.. candidate for towing yan.. pero kung hindi sya naka block sa sidewalk.. illegal parking naman..haha ay nako.

[OTEP]

Yun na nga ang sinasabi ko. Kung maikli ang dalawang sasakyan na perpendicularly parked, pwede ka pang pumarada sa likod nun without obstructing anything. Wala namang kaso yun basta may abiso dun sa dalawang hinarangan mo and/or sa owner ng establishment.

Parang yung mga SMART cars. They can perpendicularly park in parallel parking spaces. Ito naman ay dahil ang length nila ay equivalent lang sa width of some other vehicles.