LisaB
@lisacycles.bsky.social
Cats. Bikes. Enforcement. London.
Since beginning a 12-month towing pilot in September, we have lifted 400 abandoned or untaxed vehicles from the public highway and housing estates.
Happy 400 Towed Cars Day.
Happy 400 Towed Cars Day.
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Since beginning a 12-month towing pilot in September, we have lifted 400 abandoned or untaxed vehicles from the public highway and housing estates.
Happy 400 Towed Cars Day.
Happy 400 Towed Cars Day.
Anyone remember this Porsche we towed? No registered keeper, no tax, no insurance, unpaid parking tickets. Now a guy with no proof of ownership reckons he should be able to claim it from the pound because he's a nice guy.
That's not how this works.
That's not how this works.
Is this your Porsche 911? Maybe pay your parking tickets once in a while.
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Anyone remember this Porsche we towed? No registered keeper, no tax, no insurance, unpaid parking tickets. Now a guy with no proof of ownership reckons he should be able to claim it from the pound because he's a nice guy.
That's not how this works.
That's not how this works.
Ordering tea in England: apparently "just black" means "quite a bit of milk, please."
December 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Ordering tea in England: apparently "just black" means "quite a bit of milk, please."
Rage is rather distressed to find the sausage have been removed to the fridge.
December 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Rage is rather distressed to find the sausage have been removed to the fridge.
Christmas at our house has always had it's little traditions
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Christmas at our house has always had it's little traditions
Based on the number of cars we have towed that have no registered keeper, I doubt this graph is an indication of a change in overall traffic levels.
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Based on the number of cars we have towed that have no registered keeper, I doubt this graph is an indication of a change in overall traffic levels.
What are the chances that an untaxed vehicle also has more than 20 unpaid parking tickets? Pretty good, I would say.
December 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What are the chances that an untaxed vehicle also has more than 20 unpaid parking tickets? Pretty good, I would say.
Is this your Porsche 911? Maybe pay your parking tickets once in a while.
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Is this your Porsche 911? Maybe pay your parking tickets once in a while.
I'm staying in a hotel this weekend outside of London. A lot of people on my floor apparently read The Sun and the Daily Mirror. I should have ordered Private Eye to be delivered.
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I'm staying in a hotel this weekend outside of London. A lot of people on my floor apparently read The Sun and the Daily Mirror. I should have ordered Private Eye to be delivered.
I am currently on the phone with someone who is trying to argue that because THIS was in a pay-and-display bay, that it should not have been towed.
What do we think?
What do we think?
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I am currently on the phone with someone who is trying to argue that because THIS was in a pay-and-display bay, that it should not have been towed.
What do we think?
What do we think?
"Tricks" people play to avoid getting a parking ticket:
1. Leave an old PCN on the screen and pretend it's from today
2. Take the plates off the car
3. Obscure the VIN
1. Leave an old PCN on the screen and pretend it's from today
2. Take the plates off the car
3. Obscure the VIN
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"Tricks" people play to avoid getting a parking ticket:
1. Leave an old PCN on the screen and pretend it's from today
2. Take the plates off the car
3. Obscure the VIN
1. Leave an old PCN on the screen and pretend it's from today
2. Take the plates off the car
3. Obscure the VIN
As it happens, the thick gloves were not thick enough this morning. I realize I live in London and their are cyclists in Yorkshire and Wales and Scotland and Canada who are probably in shorts and vests in this temp. But I'm from California. 🥶
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
As it happens, the thick gloves were not thick enough this morning. I realize I live in London and their are cyclists in Yorkshire and Wales and Scotland and Canada who are probably in shorts and vests in this temp. But I'm from California. 🥶
What is the likelihood of a link between shady car traders and drug dealers?
Here is why I ask:
Since we started towing cars, we have been focusing on shady auto trading hot spots.
We have lifted:
- 3 cars with drugs in
- 1 with a weapon
Here is why I ask:
Since we started towing cars, we have been focusing on shady auto trading hot spots.
We have lifted:
- 3 cars with drugs in
- 1 with a weapon
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What is the likelihood of a link between shady car traders and drug dealers?
Here is why I ask:
Since we started towing cars, we have been focusing on shady auto trading hot spots.
We have lifted:
- 3 cars with drugs in
- 1 with a weapon
Here is why I ask:
Since we started towing cars, we have been focusing on shady auto trading hot spots.
We have lifted:
- 3 cars with drugs in
- 1 with a weapon
If anyone needs me, I'm taking the rest of the day off and dreaming about what this would look like.
It's not putting any money back into my family's pocket because we don't have a car and can't afford to buy a new one either. Imagine if the UK cycle manufacturing industry get the level of support that car makers do!
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If anyone needs me, I'm taking the rest of the day off and dreaming about what this would look like.
Lifted 21 things from the housing estate. Mostly cars, some motorbikes. And two of these trailers.
Got called a "bitch" which was lovely. Still, a good job.
Got called a "bitch" which was lovely. Still, a good job.
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Lifted 21 things from the housing estate. Mostly cars, some motorbikes. And two of these trailers.
Got called a "bitch" which was lovely. Still, a good job.
Got called a "bitch" which was lovely. Still, a good job.
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The sunrise this morning is unreal.
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The sunrise this morning is unreal.
I have lived in the UK for about 10 or 11 years now and I have adopted most British isms. But the storage compartment of a car is a "trunk" not a "boot." Fight me.
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I have lived in the UK for about 10 or 11 years now and I have adopted most British isms. But the storage compartment of a car is a "trunk" not a "boot." Fight me.
Fluffy cat, safety razor: what could possibly go wrong?
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Fluffy cat, safety razor: what could possibly go wrong?
Anyone who saw the Channel 4 documentary entitled "Crash for Cash: Uncovered" may recognise this location...
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Anyone who saw the Channel 4 documentary entitled "Crash for Cash: Uncovered" may recognise this location...
Tune in tomorrow for another (possibly) long day of towing in one single, problematic area. How many cars will we lift?
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Tune in tomorrow for another (possibly) long day of towing in one single, problematic area. How many cars will we lift?
Total vehicles lifted today: 20. This does not include the man who showed up at the last minute and grudgingly agreed to sort out his MOT and tax and the lady who needed help pushing her car onto her drive to get it off the road.
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Total vehicles lifted today: 20. This does not include the man who showed up at the last minute and grudgingly agreed to sort out his MOT and tax and the lady who needed help pushing her car onto her drive to get it off the road.
On a housing estate today. We have lifted 12 vehicles so far. And we may be half done.
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
On a housing estate today. We have lifted 12 vehicles so far. And we may be half done.