[Buge]

How often do speed traps tow cars? Brookside tows 1.7 cars per year for each household.

[dionidium]

That part of the story was too light on details to comment. Why are they towing the cars? (Almost certainly for reasons totally within their purview.)

[tbihl]

A town this abusive is certain to have all their technicalities in line. Here, it's that unattended vessels be towed off of public roadways or property. They're unattended because of frivolous detainments.

PSA: when getting pulled over, you should, after appearing controlled and predictable to the police, find private property to pull onto and call a friend or family to be ready to retrieve your car to prevent this particular abuse.

[mcguire]

"It went from towing 50 vehicles in 2018 to 789 in 2020 – each carrying fines. That’s a 1,478% increase, with 1.7 tows for every household in town."