So by now in 2014 everyone has witnessed a car being towed or had their very own car wrecked by these wretched machines on wheels with an attached arm of doom, whom by the way travel in pairs and remove a car from a spot faster than a Soaka ticket from a promoter’s hand. So whether you get a ‘bess park’ and make a small turn in Frankie’s on a Friday night to ole talk with your padnas or maybe you took a chance to go get a quick burger that turned into a half hour wait (burgers on the Avenue is half hour tops), yuh car gone by now!

Downtown parkers we not speakin to you eh, allyuh still have PTSC shuttles uncle Jack provided for you all to use.

These days if you get back to your parking spot after taking a chance and it is not where you left it, you are probably hoping it was stolen, provided you were responsible enough to have some sort of GPS or CarSearch installed in the land of Tn’Thief . They would recover your car if it was stolen, swiftly enough and in less of a hassle. Even most insurance covers theft. However, wrecking seems like it is more of a nuisance than your car getting ‘tief.

That may be a stretch comparison but $500 to get your car back? Cough up that randomly and prepare to salt for at least one major carnival fete next year, eat Crix for the rest of the month, or watch yuh significant other face get sour when they open d’ cheap ting yuh buy for them for Christmas.

We are not justifying any of the law breakers’ actions and asking the police to turn a blind eye to the illegally parked cars, because let’s face it, we all wonder where the wreckers are after trying to parallel park between two cars because one idiot driver wasn’t suppose to even park dey or try to turn a corner wide enough to avoid a car parked too much on the curb…another idiot.

Needless to say, there is no structure in the wrecking system. How is it that they can be seen in copious amounts flying back and forth between St.James and Woodbrook offloading cars as if trying to meet some sort of financial quota whilst when very much needed before both rush hours on any given day, not one in sight?

I recently had the thrill of feeling a parked car being lifted off the ground whilst sitting in the passenger seat, so if an officer couldn’t take the time to observe if there was a person in the car, are they making the effort to measure how many metres my car is from the corner without any lines present?

Do the wrecker drivers and police alike both have some sort of supernatural eye that have special averaging lenses? There are still many street corners without indications of a white or yellow line. It is clear that some of these cars that are impounded are unlawfully done.

Why should you park yuh roll on/roll off Mazda then proceed to do a number of annoying checks with pulling out your phone to take pics, “Ok so it looks like 15 feet from the corner, no white lines, no fire hydrant” in the event that if you do get your car towed you can contest it in court. Or worst, pause yuh lime to run to and from yuh parking spot to check on your car even though yuh real sure yuh parked properly but just seeing a wrecker pass by makes you nervous. Ah man cah pump in peace?

Are we to assume they are maximising profits during peak times, clearly focusing on monetary gains to be earned instead of serving a real daily purpose?

All these bars/lounges uptown were allowed to be in business without proper parking for patrons?.. eh?

Aside from the traffic laws, major laws should be implemented to act unbiased and fair to the rules and drivers alike. Uncle Raymond said earlier this year he was going to terminate these wrecker contracts if they continued reckless behaviour (pun intended) did it go on deaf ears? They not taking him on? Is a give yuh friend d contract ting?

So many questions and not enough parking spots.