At about noon on Sunday, Stan's Towing impound lot was packed. More than 60 Hondas, Mustangs, Blazers and other cars with UF license plates and stickers gleamed in the sun, as a steady flow of people came to bail out their cars. Friday and Saturday nights are busy for tow truck drivers in Gainesville, especially on football weekends, said Stan's Towing driver Tim Cain. And just about all of them deserved to be towed. People try to use a variety of tricks to evade towing when they park illegally, Cain said.
Some people turn their car's tires a certain way, or park with the car's wheels over a curb.
But none of those things work, Cain said. In fact, cars parked in a tricky way are the first ones he takes. Most cars that need to be towed disappear quickly, Cain said. It only takes a few moments for an experienced driver to get into a car, hook it up and tow it away. Cain and Vellis agree the only way to avoid towing is to park legally.