If you read the general internet it's all mobbed up guys stealing cars from law-abiding single mothers for no reason at all but then again if I believed the general public about parking violation enforcement here in germany I'd come to the conclusion they're the new jews.
So how bad is that whole privatized towing / enforcement thing, really? Is there an actual problem beyond "it's a private company" or is it mostly carbrain tears?
they actually do fucking suck. All they do is drive around and ruin working people's day for their own pay-out, holding their cars hostage and charging arbitrary fines that cannot be contested. They hold your shit ransom. It's detestable.
Yep, it's not like wealthy people have to deal with this, they have the money to get a place with a garage. This is another one of those things where it costs money to be poor.
Would you feel differently about this if it was like a municipal thing? I.e. it's either run as a non profit or it's just whatever department is in charge of traffic violations that orders them to do whatever?