On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:42:39 -0700, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:34:30 -0400, "Phil Kangas"
wrote:

Perhaps the HOA should contact the cops?


Seems they should already know if the vehicle belongs in the community
or not. Generally, they will send a letter to the homeowner, warning
them before the car is towed.

Not here. That's partly because very few cars are registered with
the HOA. For decades, none were, and there was also no towing by the
HOA, until we went through a period where a lot of families had more
than 2 cars, and then it was hard to park even in the center of the
street, away from the homes. Even though there are about 30 spaces in
the center (5 or 7 of which are used by the small number of houses that
have only one parking place right in front of the house.)

They made stronger rules and started towing cars that didn't have plates
or didn't run, and that should have been more than enough, but once
people get the hang of something, they keep it up even wheni it's not
necessary. (Now just about every car in the n'hood is used every day.
In the middle of the day, there might be 10 cars left in the are out of
more than 100 that are here at night. And it's not the same 10 that
stay home every day) At night there are still 5 or 10 empty spots, and
there are no cars with expired plates, none that don't run, and so
there's no real need to tow. Certainly not for a flat tire.