“At first I thought that they bought themselves a dirty cop but it seems that the entire town is in on this scam.
Cop impounds your vehicle for excessive speeding for 7 days, a cab comes and charges you a ton of money for a ride to the only car rental agency in town where you now have to rent one of their clunkers for 5-600% the going rate, then these guys show up to tow it and impound it for the said 7 days;
but will only release it at the end of the 8th day which can't happen because they're closed, (apparently the first day doesn't count) and then they charge you for 9 days a minute after they open up.
I actually disputed the violation, went to court, and had video evidence contradicting the cop, but the judge sided with the dirty cop, who apparently can visually estimate the vehicle's speed with better accuracy. The magic number seems to be 150km/hr on a 90 zone.
And it's quite the racket, they target out of province vehicles, I'm reading about it all over the forums and there's a review on Google from "L" who has a similar story.
I also read the owner's reply - "well, you broke the law by driving with more than 40km/hr over the posted speed limit".
Well, I didn't. And, I had video evidence, and even so, the judge sided with the dirty cop who visually estimated my speed at 150km/hr. But sure, blame the badgepoint robbery victims.
Just like in 3rd world countries where rape victims are blamed for being too pretty or wearing clothes that are too revealing, which asked to be raped.
Shame on you, and your business ethics, you - Columbia Towing, Selkirk Car Rental and the local RCMP are all in this racket, no idea if they're doing it for bribes or to keep your town from dying as it should.
And, stop lying that you have the towing contract and you're just doing your job, and victim blaming;
As we were dropping off our rental clunker at Selkirk and talking to another victim of your racket(a guy from Montreal who also did 150km/hr in a 90 zone - surprise, surprise), who was dropped off by the same cab?! (Covid19 so the tow truck doesn't take passengers - pie just got a little bigger), we saw your tow truck and your driver coming into Selkirk Car Rental.
That must've been a conversation that you had to have in person without the risk of being listened to.
Because everything legal like renting a car or arranging a tow/boost could've been arranged over the phone or booked online.. it doesn't take a genius to figure it out.
I just didn't knew it until I went to court why you would be so obvious and arrogant about it.
Congratulations to the Town of Revelstoke, on legalizing Highway Robbery!”
Towing
“At first I thought that they bought themselves a dirty cop but it seems that the entire town is in on this scam. Cop impounds your vehicle for excessive speeding for 7 days, a cab comes and charges you a ton of money for a ride to the only car rental agency in town where you now have to rent one of their clunkers for 5-600% the going rate, then these guys show up to tow it and impound it for the said 7 days; but will only release it at the end of the 8th day which can't happen because they're closed, (apparently the first day doesn't count) and then they charge you for 9 days a minute after they open up. I actually disputed the violation, went to court, and had video evidence contradicting the cop, but the judge sided with the dirty cop, who apparently can visually estimate the vehicle's speed with better accuracy. The magic number seems to be 150km/hr on a 90 zone. And it's quite the racket, they target out of province vehicles, I'm reading about it all over the forums and there's a review on Google from "L" who has a similar story. I also read the owner's reply - "well, you broke the law by driving with more than 40km/hr over the posted speed limit". Well, I didn't. And, I had video evidence, and even so, the judge sided with the dirty cop who visually estimated my speed at 150km/hr. But sure, blame the badgepoint robbery victims. Just like in 3rd world countries where rape victims are blamed for being too pretty or wearing clothes that are too revealing, which asked to be raped. Shame on you, and your business ethics, you - Columbia Towing, Selkirk Car Rental and the local RCMP are all in this racket, no idea if they're doing it for bribes or to keep your town from dying as it should. And, stop lying that you have the towing contract and you're just doing your job, and victim blaming; As we were dropping off our rental clunker at Selkirk and talking to another victim of your racket(a guy from Montreal who also did 150km/hr in a 90 zone - surprise, surprise), who was dropped off by the same cab?! (Covid19 so the tow truck doesn't take passengers - pie just got a little bigger), we saw your tow truck and your driver coming into Selkirk Car Rental. That must've been a conversation that you had to have in person without the risk of being listened to. Because everything legal like renting a car or arranging a tow/boost could've been arranged over the phone or booked online.. it doesn't take a genius to figure it out. I just didn't knew it until I went to court why you would be so obvious and arrogant about it. Congratulations to the Town of Revelstoke, on legalizing Highway Robbery!”