Chicago City Council committee on solutions to rogue towing company crisis
CHICAGO -- CBS 2 has reported on countless rogue tow truck victims in the city of Chicago – tow 'companies' that show up to the scene of a crash, and then hold cars hostage for exorbitant fees.The Chicago City Council has now taken action.
This happens no matter how many times the companies are shut down, or found to be price-gouging customers.'I think that CPD needs to play a bigger role,' Villegas said, 'because I think that when there's an accident that requires a tow, CPD or OEMC is notified. And so at that point, I think that they need to make sure that since Streets and Sanitation has vendors, and it takes 30 minutes to get to the site, that they should stay there and make sure that the site is taken care of.
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