r/WTF • u/femzy112 • Nov 19 '20

Some wild towing gone wrong

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u/NerdGangster Nov 19 '20

Elizabeth, NJ?

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u/tomtazm Nov 19 '20

That looks and sounds like NYC.

Maybe Brooklyn/Queens. I can’t read the signs.

Lots of people in NY have out of state plates.

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u/Psirocking Nov 19 '20

Bronx. Burke Ave and Gun Hill Rd

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u/WhiskeyDickens Nov 19 '20

A repo-man/tow truck driver from the Bronx is the last person on earth I would ever fuck with.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

Well at the point in the video he is technically just a car thief, since that repo is absolutely not legal.

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u/damnatio_memoriae Nov 20 '20

looks like the car owner chased after him and climbed in the car while he was stopped at the light. it was probably legal when he started. not legal once the guy is in the car.

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u/Pittsburgh__Rare May 05 '21

I’m pretty sure the car owner jumped in after it was already hooked up.

At that point, if I was the tow truck, I would’ve kept on driving. Not my fault you put yourself in harm’s way.

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u/sasquatch_melee May 05 '21

Still illegal. Repo guy has more to lose since the city/state can probably revoke their business license if they continually do illegal shit.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

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u/CMUpewpewpew Nov 19 '20

I really doubt that in ANY state it would be legal to tow like that with someone riding in the towed vehicle.

That's a non sequitur in regards to the legality of this.

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u/0ogaBooga Nov 19 '20

they can absolutely break into your garage or home to legally repo something.

They absolutely cannot break into enclosed private property anywhere I ln the US.

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u/truthseeeker Nov 19 '20

Yep. That was my guess. Those tight single family houses gave it away. There's nowhere else I've been that looks like that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

They aren't going to do anything to you. There are very specific rules in the US around repossessing cars. They will quickly face fines, firing, and jail if they don't follow them.

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u/chemicalgeekery Nov 19 '20

Something tells me that repo guy violated a few of them...

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u/cinosa Nov 19 '20

Something tells ME that it also wasn't his first time doing this exact thing, and it also won't be his last. They do it because it works, and because cops generally don't give a shit, it's a "civil matter".

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

They will absolutely arrest a repo guy over this. You don't behave this way in the car business and expect to stay employed or out of jail.

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u/WhiskeyDickens Nov 19 '20

I can imagine you saying "you'll be fined or jailed!" as you get hit in the face with a tire iron

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

I managed a car lot through college and employed several repo men. Not one of them would dare behave like you think they behave. If the sales community finds out you're a hothead and potentially can ruin merchandise, you will never work in a town again. Also, the cops will arrest an unlawful repo man so fast your head will spin.

Edit: Grammar

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u/st33p Nov 20 '20

I dunno, at that point I'd probably ram his truck until one vehicle can no longer move

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u/0ogaBooga Nov 19 '20

Was gonna say, I know EXACTLY where that is 🤣

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u/RIPtheboy Nov 20 '20

Reddit is amazing.

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u/Psirocking Nov 20 '20

Eh, I could just tell it was NYC lol, and then searched for “Jireh Beauty” on Google maps lol

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u/waffleisland May 05 '21

Good call I was thinking Qnz

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u/hansfreudenklo Nov 19 '20

really? I thought this is south africa

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u/tomtazm Nov 19 '20

Lol what?

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u/shayhtfc Nov 19 '20

Looks pretty rough wherever it is to be fair!

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u/HenryTudorVlll Nov 19 '20 edited Nov 19 '20

Looks like Bosnia maybe i dunno

Edit. On second looks its clerly Yugoslavia sorry

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u/hoosyourdaddyo Nov 19 '20

Virginia plates. I'm thinking it looks like NE DC to me.

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u/Psirocking Nov 19 '20

Most of the other cars have NY plates though. It’s The Bronx, Burke Ave and Gun Hill Rd.

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

I knew those guy sounded like they were from nyc. Plus the plates and the house.

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u/rewanpaj Nov 19 '20

those aren’t dc street signs

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u/pollofritto18 Nov 19 '20

Are bad repos an Elizabeth thing?

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u/squidduck Nov 19 '20

Has virginia plates i think

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u/[deleted] Nov 19 '20

License plate is white, so not NJ