OT: Can Tow Truck drivers enter and alter/tamper?, California Options

[brer]

I am wondering if anyone here knows the law regarding a tow truck driver entering a vehicle, opening the hood and interfere with a cars drivetrain in order to tow it away.


I confronted a tow truck driver and meter maid about this, driver was under the hood of a new Audi with tools, and they stonewalled me and threatened me with an Interference citation when I started taking photos with my camera phone.

The tow truck drivers reaction when I pulled my camera was serious panic even though I had no intention of pursuing anything, just hate when officials wont address public inquiries into their actions.

So whats the deal here in the golden state, can they legally tamper with your car?

(it was not my car FYI)

[john rogers]

I would call the guy on channel 51, Michael Turko and turn him loose on it. I hope you got the name of the towing company and of course detals like where it was, etc. There was just a big blow up about "fake" security people in strip malls calling in tow truck drivers to grab the cars as soon as the owner went into a store and they made a big mistake when they grabbed an lawyer's car. In the city of San Diego it is illegal to just grab a car like that and the only people that can ticket them are actual police. Did the parking Nazi have her scooter there, etc? Sounds like a rip off at work to me.