China's cool way to remove illegally parked cars (vehicle, 2015, truck)

[moguldreamer]

Its a pretty cool, short video:

https://twitter.com/justcurious1313/...61610147860481

[pathrunner]

Ingenious! Here in the U.S. nowadays, no doubt a lot of people would scream about their Constitutional right to park however they want.

[scarabchuck]

That is awesome ! I want one for my garage. Thieves would love those as well.

[28173]

As long as there is a paved road it will work, however not for non paved ones.

Also there must be a weight limit and we have bigger and heavier vehicles in America.

[Atari2600]

Haha... that is a Chinese propaganda account, but yeah, it's still cool. It's not feasible and I guarantee to you they don't use it. It will only work on a perfectly flat surface. Anything beyond that and the wheels needed to support wouldn't be able to fit under the profile of most cars.



Realistically China just tows the cars.

[elnina]

The French do this: (they work autonomously)
https://www.eteknix.com/french-airpo...ot-car-valets/

Google: Robots to move cars, and you will see various technologies already used, some for years...

This is pretty cool too:
The system can park or retrieve a car in just one minute and handle up to 235 vehicles each hour.

https://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/20/la...arhus-denmark/

Another option:


What makes you think that all that is just Chinese propaganda??

[moguldreamer]

Originally Posted by scarabchuck

That is awesome ! I want one for my garage. Thieves would love those as well.

Good point. I hadn't thought about criminals.

[moguldreamer]

Originally Posted by Atari2600

Haha... that is a Chinese propaganda account, but yeah, it's still cool. It's not feasible and I guarantee to you they don't use it. It will only work on a perfectly flat surface. Anything beyond that and the wheels needed to support wouldn't be able to fit under the profile of most cars.

Realistically China just tows the cars.

I watched the police in Scotland use a device that was a bit like the one shown in the video, but much more rugged and industrial strength and was operated by a team of people. It went under the vehicle from the rear, lifted the vehicle by the frame (not the tires), and then the operator drove the vehicle onto a waiting flatbed for removal. It was not a fast process.

This was last month when I was in Edinburgh and The Queen died, and they implemented Project Unicorn - the preplanned activities for when The Queen died. One of the things the police did was remove cars that were parked legally in parking areas to make room for the tens of thousands of people & media & port-a-potties. Thousands would soon be lining up to view The Queen's casket at St Giles' Cathedral.

[victimofGM]

One use I can see is a parking structure. There are abandoned vehicles or vehicles that don’t work and need to be removed for repairs. The design of some parking structures makes a traditional tow truck difficult to maneuver or even enter due to height limits. Having a similar device would make it easy to move the vehicle out of the parking space to the tow truck. Not sure it would be able to travel the length of a parking structure to a waiting tow truck outside the structure. Some parking structures have some steep angles and drainage channels with missing covers.

[Driver 47]

When I was stationed on the US Naval base on Guam as a Seabee I'd use a rough terrain forklift to pick up illegally parked cars, put them on a flatbed trailer bound for the impound lot. Nowadays I'd like to do that to the ones in handicapped spaces without a placard or H/C plates.