Bandit Towing A Tough Road For Car Rental Companies

Car rental operations are increasingly losing money and time trying to find and retrieve rental cars that have been towed away from accidents or for other reasons.

Known as bandit towing, these organized illegal operations plague commercial, rental, and private vehicle owners alike.

The practice is considered rampant in Los Angeles and across California, with rental cars becoming easy targets. The practice has accelerated in the last decade as more rental companies have had to track and recoup cars. No official overall incident numbers are available other than those documented by individual companies.