20221204-1251. I have been reporting abandoned vehicles. There has been a rash of commercial trailers left on MY long stretch of Road for this past couple of weeks.
I am using the 311 SAN JOSE CA Government website to submit my photos. I would fill out the Descriptions to include the Location, Vehicle Type, Vehicle Color, Vehicle Make, License Plate Number, License Plate State.
The Description field includes two sentences.
- Description of photos. I describe EXACTLY what I see from my uploaded photos, such as phone numbers, colors, measurements, dents/dings/grafitti conditions, etc). I usually include the general compass DIRECTION the vehicle is facing and EXACTLY what road/street/section the vehicle is located/parked.
- Closest intersection. I used to include the GPS coordinates, which I believe confuses the Officers who I believe really do NOT look at my photos or come out to visit the affect on-site location. So I’ve opted to include one sentence, such as “The closest intersection is [copy/paste the affected/home/residential address with its number, city, state, and country here]”.
I usually allow the Public to view my reports. In this way, the affected vehicles can be moved without incidences or further investigations. See? It’s probably VERY expensive for the City of San Jose to tow and store these abandoned vehicles. At least the “owner(s)” of these abandoned vehicles can retrieve their stuff before the process of yeeting is completed.
That’s all. FlynnsPaws.
Hello Flynn, nice, and good luck!