415-553-1200
This is a number you will want to automatically save in your cell phone. This is the phone number to the San Francisco Department of Public Transportation (DPT). If you live in a different area, I suggest you go find the number for your local DPT and save it in your cell phone.
Tonight my husband and I came home from a wonderful dinner at a great Mediterranean place. After dining on wonderful, bread, hummus, and falafel - just to name a few - we finished by lingering over dessert and warm, frothy lattes. We were relaxed, enjoying one another’s company and engrossed in a dynamic political discussion when the entire atmosphere was shattered by an Audi. This was your typical Audi - silver, spotless, arrogant, and in our parking spot. In San Francisco where parking is at a premium, this is a major offense. We pay for our spot, so to us, this is the ultimate aggrevation.
I called information, was transferred to the San Francisco police, and then transferred to the DPT. Now we waited for our savior, the tow truck. We waited for about 5-10 minutes and then the front door of the flat across the street swung open. Two men in their late 20s, early 30s with chunky black shoes, fashionably worn jeans, black shirts and hair that glistened with gel in the streetlight swaggered up to the car. Words were exchanged, mostly by my husband. The men were unmoved by the tirade. The qualities of the pair mirrored that of the car. They drove off without any problem.
Meanwhile, my husband and I are left concocting ways to maim their car - a far cry from our political discussion from a short while earlier. While I wish I would have remembered their license plate number (I gave it to the DPT), at least I can impart this little bit of knowledge to those out here who will need this phone number. It can save precious time when you call in a car needing to be towed before the owner can dash into it and drive away without any consequences. Next time we might even take the Nancy Drew approach and do a stake out from down the block so that they do not even know we called the DPT. Ohhhh…..sneaky. A little older, a little wiser.
August 3rd, 2006 at 11:21 pm
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August 7th, 2006 at 8:24 pm
I am irked by those arrogant people who think they own the road, just because they drive a luxury car or make a lot of money. My friends and I spend countless minutes (and gas) to find appropriate parking spots when it would be so incredibly easy to pull up in front of someone’s driveway. Unlike the idiots who take the easy way out, we try to respect people’s access to their driveways. What if there is an emergency and someone needs to drive in or out of that driveway.
Sadly, a confrontation or law enforced reminder rarely changes the mentality of these types of people. They never learn their lesson. So…next time this happens to you, feel free to give me a call. You can concoct a way to main their car and i’ll do the dirty work! (I think i have a right to exercise my right of immaturity for a good cause.)
August 7th, 2006 at 10:13 pm
LOL! Thanks for being a partner in crime
This weekend we drove up the Northern California coast and people suspiciously driving expensive luxury vehicles like to creep up on you and pressure you to pull over on the windy roads. Somehow the speed limit on narrow two lane roads does not apply to them… The flip side to it though is that by speeding through those roads, you miss their beauty - so, it wasn’t so bad to pull over after all.
August 7th, 2006 at 11:38 pm
So did the tow truck even show up? Yeah, I really hate the rich. Your husband could have blocked their car so that they couldn’t get out. Then when the tow truck showed up it could still take away the Audi. Maybe I should not list anymore ways to screw with these people on a very public forum. Anyway sorry to hear about a bunch of stupid idiots. Glad your meal was enjoyable at least.
August 8th, 2006 at 9:23 pm
I called the DPT back and cancelled the tow truck. An anti-climatic ending to say the least!
January 13th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Next time let the air out of their tires.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:58 am
You need to laser print onto a big sticker that says. “THIS CAR IS ILLEGALLY PARKED”. Ideally, one of those 8.5×11 full sheet stickers that you can get packs of at Office Max Depot. Then you stick it on the windshield on the drivers side.
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