The ability for mechanics to impound vehicles

[Ryan Blood]

Hey, myself (Ryan Blood) and my sister (Sarah Blood) are mechanics and local vehicles or owned vehicles are always at 2/5 and we have to call the cops out to impound them. It would make our jobs 10x easier and it would be helpful to the cops too so they can attend to more pressing matters. It would also be helpful when I am on a towing job and let’s say the scenario is a big crash I’d need to remove vehicles from the road. T.I.A

[Serpico]

Your are making me question if I ever released this, but pretty sure this is already in.

[Ryan Blood]

1 hour ago, Serpico said:

Your are making me question if I ever released this, but pretty sure this is already in.

I don’t think it is, unless I’m not seeing it. But I’m 90% sure it isn’t 

[Trevor Frost]

2 minutes ago, JayzorUK said:

I don’t think it is, unless I’m not seeing it. But I’m 90% sure it isn’t 

it isn't 

[Ryan Blood]

4 minutes ago, Benjamin Carter said:

it isn't 

Yeah I thought so, but it would make ours as mechanics and the police jobs 10x easier 

[dK_]

You could always call a tow truck and pay them to remove vehicles from the shop. If you're your working tow you can always pick up cars and move them to the side of the road to help clear things up. I think giving anyone the ability to impound cars can lead to a lot of issues though.

[Sarah Blood]

It would stop the issue at the mechanic shops as im always unable to fix cars with the dumped cars and locals on the grounds and unfair for the police to always get bugged to move them, also it makes sense for when you go to pick up a car that was involved in an accident, we all know how the locals can pile up quick then boom!

[Tyler Blood]

I think this is a good idea, the main mechanic shop has a known issue where cars get dumped or NPCs crash and it just causes a mess. Being able to impound these vehicles would help with that issue to be able to keep the shop somewhat working instead of 3 cars being there and nothing works anymore.

[Sherlock Holmes]

As a few ppl pointed out there's possibility of it being misused but then maybe it can be limited to only being able to Impound inside a certain radius/ might be near 2/5.Still can't rule out the possibility of it being misused tho

[Knox]

Thats the issue people at the Elgin mechanic cant control themselves so things like this don't get added in fear of it being abused

[Sherlock Holmes]

3 hours ago, Knox said:

Thats the issue people at the Elgin mechanic cant control themselves so things like this don't get added in fear of it being abused

100% would be misused ...Its a good opportunity for ppl to let go if they could do that

Edited May 29, 2020 by Bames Jond-

[Grimmfang13]

I remember when PD lost the ability to revive suspects.   Giving mechanics the power to impound cars seems a lil bit out there to me.  And it's really not a hassle to the cops.. removing cars would be very low low low on the totem pole.

 

[Ryan Blood]

7 hours ago, Bames Jond- said:

As a few ppl pointed out there's possibility of it being misused but then maybe it can be limited to only being able to Impound inside a certain radius/ might be near 2/5.Still can't rule out the possibility of it being misused tho

Or maybe the impound function for mechanics could become a whitelisted function that you have to apply for? 

[Kota]

Honestly impound should be handled by tow drivers and police only.  Takes away from tow drivers allowing mechanics to do it. 

[Rizz]

On 6/3/2020 at 11:03 PM, Kota Taylor said:

Honestly impound should be handled by tow drivers and police only.  Takes away from tow drivers allowing mechanics to do it. 

Agreed.

[Jerry Bullington]

Tow should be able to take a call and impound vehicles. We already can move them so it'd make sense to give us the ability to actually impound them as well.  When we get licensed were keenly aware that abuse of this the tow mechanic is prohibited and it wouldn't provide the ability for any more abuse than what already exists.  We drivers are a responsible lot