"Ed White" > wrote in message
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> If I ran a mall or other buisness that included a private parking lot,
> I'd have a tow truck on stand-by. Illegal parkers woul dbe towed before
> they got in the fornt door. At the local coliseum, which has assigned
> parking for some events, they have several tow trucks waiting to move
> illegally parked cars. I've seen a guy with the low arm style tow
> device back under a front wheel drive car and move it without ever
> getting out of the truck. When I saw it, I wondered two things - 1)
> what would have happened if the driver had set the emergency brake, 2)
> how did he handle cars when he did not have access to the drive wheels?
>
> Ed
>

I can answer that one. The car is pulled into a position where it can be
towed away. Yes, that sometimes means that black marks are left in the
parking lot. -Dave