#towing — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #towing, aggregated by home.social.
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MMDA official calls out motorists for turning public road into parking area
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Connecticut Senate Approves More Towing Reforms, Expanding on Landmark 2025 Legislation
---The bill, which follows a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation, would limit when towing companies can sell cars and would create an online portal to track towed cars.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-reforms?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post -
Following our reporting, Connecticut legislators overhauled the state’s towing law last year to make it more fair for low-income residents who couldn’t afford the fees to get their cars back.
But we found that some towing companies aren’t following the new rules.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-companies-ignore-new-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post#News #Connecticut #Towing #Cars #Law #Poverty #Housing #Landlords
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Tugboat Atlantic Ash underway in Halifax Harbour just after sunset on Tuesday. #tug #boat #towing #ship #halifax #novascotia #marine #maritime #nautical #monochrome #blackandwhite #classicmono #EastCoastKin
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Wow. PBOT released a long email detailing some of what PBOT does. Long. Some highlights:
"1,769 calls from public agencies to tow vehicles that were blocking traffic or causing other public safety issues in all of Multnomah County, including Portland. PBOT's rules mean car owners are charged no more than a set rate -- $277 for a typical sedan -- when their vehicle is towed by Portland Police or PBOT parking enforcement."
"Towing companies are required to inform vehicle owners and Portland Police whenever a vehicle is towed. They are required to have a 24-hour dispatch call center to be able to let consumers know that they have the vehicle and a process for retrieval during established business hours (additional fees may apply for after hours pick ups). The parking lot has to have adequate signage warning about towing and providing contact information. All these requirements are listed in a PBOT Administrative Rule. The rates they charge for towing and storage are also regulated per bureau's approved Private Property Impound Rates."
"In 2025, PBOT revoked the private property impound permit for Retriever Towing, which had been behind on paying for permits and had been found to have 52 unpermitted tows in less than four weeks. PBOT required the company to refund consumers for all unpermitted towing charges. Even after the bureau offered payment plans, the company remained behind on paying routine service and dispatch fees"
"All drivers and vehicles that provide Private for-Hire Transportation services on Portland streets are required to go through an annual review. This makes sure that Portland’s PFHT drivers are professional, safe, and exceptional; the vehicles that provide PFHT services are well maintained and meet high performance standards. Failure to do so will result in a fine and even revocation of the company’s permit to operate."
"More than 10,000 trips per year are provided in a wheelchair accessible van. PBOT provides a $15 per ride subsidy to the taxi, Uber or Lyft company that provides the ride, because accessible service requires vehicles that are more expensive to operate than a standard sedan. All companies are required to provide accessible service when requested. PDX WAV is a program that creates a single point of contact for wheelchair users to call when they are looking for a ride. You can order an accessible Uber or Lyft on their app by selecting the option when requesting a ride, or call PDX WAV at 503 865-4WAV (865-4928) to be directed to a taxi company dispatcher who will help match you with a Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) or call a taxi company directly."
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“Step in the Right Direction”: Connecticut DMV Commissioner Calls for More Reforms to Towing Law to Protect Drivers
---The recommendations to require more notification to car owners and to streamline the process for selling unclaimed vehicles follow a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation into towing practices.
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China has launched two satellites,
Shijian 29A and 29B,
as part of a technology demonstration
to test new space-based #target-#detection technologiesA Long March 7A carrier rocket took off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province at 6:40 am, December 31, lifting the two satellites to orbit.
China’s #Shijian satellites are a series of experimental satellites that have tested cutting-edge space capabilities,
including on-orbit #refueling and #towing maneuversShijian 21 and 25 are believed to have docked earlier in the year.
This month, they separated, according to Swiss tracking firm S2A.
Shijian 25 was designed to refuel satellites in space,
while 21 had run out of fuel following a 2022 space tug towing maneuver.Though China has not confirmed the success,
all indications suggest it performed
👉the world’s first on-orbit refueling operation with the two satellites.We know this thanks to precise satellite tracking from the likes of S2A and US firm COMSPOC.
When it comes to Shijian 29A and 29B, satellite tracking data won’t provide the same level of insight,
as a space-based target detection demonstration is unlikely to require a trackable docking maneuverhttps://interestingengineering.com/space/china-launches-two-experimental-satellites
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A Connecticut DMV Task Force Was Asked to Develop Towing Reforms. As Deadline Looms, Members Struggle to Agree.
---The group was formed in a legislative overhaul prompted by a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation that found the state’s laws favored towing companies over vehicle owners.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-towing-dmv-reform-overhaul?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post -
Coming Up On Carte Blanche – 21 December 2025
https://www.samdb.co.za/blogs/blog/2025/12/19/coming-up-on-carte-blanche-21-december-2025/
#CarteBlancheTV #Mnet101 #Hooked #Towing #LivingLegacy #GerogeHospital #ClassicalRevolution #SouthAfricanComposers #online #series #streaming #tv #television #actuality
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Foundation Maritime’s deep sea salvage tug Foundation Franklin operated from Halifax in the 1930s & 1940s including the SWW, as told in Farley Mowat’s “The Grey Seas Under”. Some company archives photos are on my blog. #salvage #towing #maritime #history http://sandblings.blogspot.com/2025/11/foundation-franklin.html?m=0
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For years, a Connecticut towing company sold cars at a deep discount to a firm owned by a longtime DMV employee, Dominik Stefanski.
In one case, he bought a Cadillac for $1,000 and sold it for $17,500.
https://www.propublica.org/article/connecticut-dmv-fires-employee-who-made-thousands-selling-towed-cars?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post -
Connecticut towers insist they’re selling junk cars. It’s impossible to know the conditions of every vehicle.
But an analysis by The Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica shows that in nearly half the cases, the asking price was 50% or less of the book value.
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Connecticut Towing Companies Use Belongings Left in Cars as Leverage to Collect Fees, Drivers Say
—The Connecticut DMV allows owners to get back into towed cars to retrieve items that are essential to their health and welfare. But people have lost work equipment, car seats, important documents and priceless mementos.
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"Here's a photo of me eating an ice cream cone while I watched it being towed"
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Connecticut Lawmakers Seek Overhaul of Towing Laws
—A new bill addresses nearly all of the issues raised in a Connecticut Mirror and ProPublica investigation that found people’s cars were being sold shortly after they were towed.
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For years, a Connecticut towing company got to cut the line at the DMV in exchange for selling towed cars at deep discounts, according to a DMV report, allowing one DMV employee to resell them for steep profits.
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How Many Cars Have Connecticut Towing Companies Sold? The DMV Can’t Tell Us.
—When reporters set out to quantify the impact of a Connecticut law that allows companies to sell some cars they’ve towed after just 15 days, the DMV said records would cost $47,000; it has revised the estimate but hasn't given us the records.
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UPDATE: The Connecticut DMV and top state lawmakers have vowed to review towing laws after a CT Mirror and ProPublica investigation found that people’s cars can be sold just 15 days after they’re towed.
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Connecticut allows towing companies to sell some people’s cars after just 15 days — one of the shortest windows in the country.
The sales have particularly affected low-income people, who have lost jobs after they were unable to get their cars back.
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Conditions on Fishing Vessels can be rather gross. Fish debris falls in the bilge, the accumulation of sloshing grey water, with everything imaginable in it.
It stinks really bad. That rotten fish small and grey water bounced up to splash the coupling, I'd wait for a roll, to reach the bolts on the other side, and the smell made me ill, bouncing caused my eyes to blur out of focus, and I knew it was going to happen.
#StoryTime #Navy #RCN #Rescue #Towing #seasick #Sailor #Specialist -
Before I was transported over, knowing we could be there several hours, I filled my pocket with Chocolate Milk boxes.
Here's what I found: The shaft, directly coupled to the transmission, and generator for electrical power, had seized.
We were already cabled to them, towing slightly. I reckoned I had about 2 hrs work to uncouple, so the generator could be run, & freewheel the shaft reducing drag & increasing towing speed#StoryTime #Navy #RCN #Rescue #Towing #seasick #Sailor #Specialist
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We came to a stop, sent a zodiac over to assess and find out why they weren't communicating. In the video, they mention THE BUFFER, the senior Bosn who went to tie a towing hawser to them, and bring them under tow. A Navy ship goes too fast to tow a tiny Fishing vessel, so we were delayed greatly .
Captain called up senior specialists. Sent them to the flailing boat by Zodiac, over moderate seas, to assess & report back.
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In the aforementioned video, while leaving the Grand Banks, heading to St John's Newfoundland, the Navy ship, HMCS Ottawa stumbled upon a floundering Fishing Boat.
They might have been lost forever, had we not discovered them by accident.
They had lost power. Once the shaft stopped turning, electricity was lost too , and radio power for distress calls.#StoryTime #Thread #Navy #RCN #Rescue #Towing #seasick #Sailor #Specialist
