Illinois Village to Charge Huge Towing Fee for DUI

I believe that the 500$ towing fee that these municipalities charge on top of other fee's assesed are ridiculous, and where did the law come from where they could inpose these fee's. It's just a scam to get $ out of the citizen, then u wonder why people have disgruntal attitudes toward police, polliticians,municipal officials, and goverment. Look and how they treat the people for the gain.

In Ohio we have set fees related to towing. The max fee is $85.00 for the tow and $13.00 a day storage. Which fees are set by the state. But the easy way to get around this is don't do something bad which causes your car to be towed !

regardless of what your vehicle is towed for etc, etc. there still should be provisions that oversee what municiapalities and other offices charge for penalties. had to pay $570.00 to the town! for what! plus towing fee by the company of $245.00. 125 tow 25.00 wait time plus 70.00 for two days storage when it hasn't been 48hrs was retrieved on next buss day were'nt open on sun picked up 8am when open mon morn. please! you must be part of the crooked municipal system.......it all about money! how can we take money by hook or crook for our gain, by any means.

There are always those few drunks, who get released to a responsible party, and go back and get into their cars, and drive again, only to hit and kill some innocent person like you Warren. If the vehicle is towed, they don't have that opportunity. The money comes into play, as a way to stop people from wanting to drive under the influence of anything.
If you know what the penalty will be, Money Jail etc.... you may be less likely to get into a vehicle and drive. Money seems to be more of: hit em where it hurts then jail. When you loose someone you love to a drunk driver, money is of little value to you, as it doesn't compare to a person's life. Sounds to me, like your vehicle was towed for a similar situation, and you obviously haven't forgotten the price of it,,,have you.

Well Kim I Must Disagree, I had a friend who was pulled over in Wheaton Illinois and was completely sober as she did not have any alcohol to drink whatsoever (nor Drugs), she was pulled over and told to participate in a field sobriety test, which she did and passed, however they told her she needed to go to the police station to blow into the machine to be sure, which she did and passed and then found out her car had been towed during this time and she would have to pay to get it out plus pay money to the village. She Ended up with a court date and had to hire an attorney to clear her name. She did not recoop any out of pocket costs for anything. At this point you must be thinking their is something missing from this story she must have done something, but she didn't she is only 4 foot 11" and wears bifocals and works with the elderly which consumes all of her personal time.

These fees give the village the ability to pull over whomever they want haul them in on suspicion and charge them 500 non refundable dollars

Quote: "The $500 charge for seizure of a vehicle will not be returned even if the accused motorist is found not guilty of driving under the influence in a court of law"
At this point its not about getting drunks off the road but a way to make up for budget shortfalls!! And Take Money From Motorists/Taxpayers.

ok, so they pull your friend over, what was the reason they pulled her over, was there No alcohol present at all? because if there wasn't even a presence of alcohol, then why would they ask her to take a breathalizer (sp?) test....
If there wasn't any alcohol involved AT ALL, than her attorney should have been able to file a claim to make the municipality pay back the fees. Maybe, because you weren't there, you are not getting all the details.

Did you not read the part about them refusing to refund the money, it's a scam. Oh wait, you must be from around there ant be incapable of reading. It's the only way and competent people would let this pass.

I have to totally agree, if you don't drink and drive you will have nothing to worry about.
There should be PBT tests in all squads, so if there isn't, and they tow your car, and you haven't been drinking AT ALL, you can get a lawyer to get your money back, along with attorney fee's
It's easy, if you have a couple of drinks, which will probably put you over the .08, then get a cab, or call for a ride,,,,alot less money then the fine, tow etc....
And you could be saving your life, or someone else's.
People that disagree with this, obviously drink and drive.

A Lenzburg [IL] woman was killed on her way to work Monday morning when a pickup truck crossed the center line of Illinois 13 near Freeburg and struck her car head-on. Frances S. Koon, 65, was driving a 2002 Kia Sephia north on Illinois 13 south of Red Ray Mine Road near Freeburg when a 1999 Dodge Ram pickup truck driven by Nicholas Wilson, 19, of Lenzburg, crossed the center line and struck her vehicle at 4:50 a.m., Illinois State Police Sgt. Stacie Horton said. Wilson has been charged with driving under the influence. Three passengers in Wilson’s truck were taken to local and St. Louis hospitals. Wilson was extricated through the window of his vehicle by emergency responders and airlifted to St. Louis for treatment. Wilson’s passengers ranged in age from 19 to 21.

my very good friend was killed drinking and driving.
I dont give a crap about the 500.00 fine, if more cities or towns had this, maybe he could have been stopped, and still been alive today.
The fines, crap, I would have paid those, just to have my friend alive today. Money is just paper, you can always make more of it, my friend is dead, I cant make more of him.
So get your ignorant head out of your a** and look at the bigger picture.

JACK that would be you, see no said anything about putting money into police officers pockets but you,care to make up some more stories.

no one was making up stories Robert. No one but you
They are making it sound like the money goes into the cops pockets ... All of them that complain, most likely drive under the influence of something, or else it wouldn't bother them.
The only people that complain about the price of speeding tickets, are the ones who receive them, because if you haven't received one, most likely you dont know what those fines are.
Why don't you check into why this fee came into effect before you continue to remain ignorant.

here we are again JACK! (focus) who said anything about speeding tickets?

let me start with me losing three people in my life to drunk drivers!!!!!!!!!!!Distroying a living life for financial gain is WRONG ! JACK they are called kick backs that is WRONG too PERIOD! Death is part of life MOVE on.

who ever said anything about distroying a life for financial gain?
You did, and for you to tell someone to "get over it" from a death.
sounds to me like you are just ticked off because your vehicle came up for repo, and now "your life is destroyed, for financial gain" by Mikes towing or something...
Man, Just get over it already.
doesn't make you feel very good does it.

the thousands of people that it's happining to every day accross this country.sounds to me like you can't comprehend a sentence KIM ,once again i feel the need to say (SEEK HELP).

thats what you get when you ass-um. i gave it back (da truck) before it came to that.trusting a fat-cat family member who owns a towing company was a mistake!distroing my financial life no he didn't ,those are your words lady. Q; What is that i am feeling bad about? Not a thing.Your words don't sound ignorant just stupid!

k, stupid, ignorant...all meaning the same thing. YOU
keep buying things YOU cant afford to keep. Glad your relative did that to you, as a matter of fact, we know them personally, because we too, get all the stupid people, LIKE YOU, that buy what they think THEY can afford, but CANT. Get off the internet, and maybe YOU can afford a nice truck. POS
cant wait to hear all about your FU**ed up life you lead.
Really, you are the one that needs help PERIOD
POFSH

do you realize that the most of that money goes to the State, some to the city or town, not to the police officers pockets.
Also, if someone is drunk, and driving, how dare you put a price on someone's life. When you have someone you care about, killed by a drunk or under the influence of anything, let us know, if you believe the 500.00 fine, covers the cost of their life. This is obviously set as a way to try and prevent these people from getting behind the wheel. Period

someone should sue these bastards and report them to the better business bureau, thats why i have no respect for a lot them.

are you kidding, the BBB?
no respect for who? the police?
if everyone followed the laws, it wouldn't have come to this in the first place.
no wonder the police are they way they have to be...because of people like you that have NO RESPECT.
good thing i am not a police officer, because if someone ran from me, i would shoot first, and ask questions later.

RESPECT IS EARNED! It is also given to police by me.Up until the point were they start Lieing to me and no matter how kind i am,how i choose my words carefully.They start playing word games and become nasty.As far as Shooting first questions later (SEAK HELP COP)

Merced, CA - A man arrested for drunkenly running over and killing his own child faces DUI and manslaughter charges in Merced County in California's Central Valley. According to the California Highway Patrol, Silva was driving his SUV home on Tuesday night when he ran into his 7-year-old daughter, who had gone out to take the dog for a walk.

At the trial, the wife of Jesus Silva told the county judge that she forgives her husband, that he was a wonderful father, and that he merits the right to be attend his daughter's funeral. The judge agreed to grant Silva a pass to be present at his daughter's funeral, but also doubled the bail to $150,000 Friday on DUI and manslaughter charges.

Hay! My brother owns MIKES TOWING in WACONDA and when I needed HELP to give back a truck to a credit union in wisconsin.He said he would'nt charge me. Some time later the credit union sent me a bill from MIKES TOWING $1,220 What do i get from my brother "call my lawyer you f***en loser".

behind closed doors,with out public notice!It gives new meaning to the phrase (ignorance of the law is no excuse)!

Behind closed doors with out public notice.Gives new meaning to the phrase(Ignorance of the law is no excuse)! It's all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ NOT PEOPLES LIFES $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Most people agree TOOOOO many People on the planet, Ask any one in government they are better then the rest of us?

Seems like you have alot of issues. And many run-ins with the law Robert.

i am an informed person. (cop)

Hay Jack theirs a chick named Kim I'd like you to meet