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Lincoln Towing Service is the DBA name of Protective Parking Corporation,〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2007-09-22 ) 〕 one of the largest towing services in Chicago, Illinois. The primary business location is at 4882 N. Clark Street, in the Uptown community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States with a second location at 4601 W. Armitage Avenue. The company was founded by Ross Cascio. Cascio sold the company on January 20, 1981. The firm became controversial in the late 1960s and 1970s, with ''Chicago Daily News'' columnist Mike Royko publishing several articles on Cascio's alleged strong-arm tactics, Aldermanic candidate Dick Simpson making the firm a campaign issue, and folk singer Steve Goodman writing a song about the firm, calling them the "Lincoln Park Pirates." The company describes itself as relocators who protect property owners from illegal parkers on parking lots with contracts for the company's services. Its business is parking enforcement, and the company does not provide roadside assistance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lincoln Towing Service (Services) )〕 The company, its relocators and its dispatchers are regulated and licensed by the Illinois Commerce Commission.〔 ==Business== Lincoln uses state of the art technology including satellite tracking to provide towing services for landlords with tenant parking problems and for commercial property owners with similar problems. The primary business is removing unauthorized vehicles from parking spaces.〔 The business claims the largest fleet of wheel-lift and flatbed towing vehicles in Chicago.〔 The business model is such that towing companies engage in exclusive towing contracts for properties and collect fees from owners of unauthorized vehicles that have been towed. However, the company also provides vehicle repossession services and parking lot management services which include snow removal, pot hole patching, striping, and complete parking lot construction.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lincoln Towing Service (Home) )〕 As a private company enforcing private property parking, the company does not issue parking tickets in addition to charging for towing and storage, unlike the City of Chicago, which does for parking in tow zones. It has towed over 30,000 unauthorized parked cars since September 5, 2005, which makes it Chicago's leading relocator.〔 Towing is a business regulated by the Illinois Commerce Commission and specifically by the Illinois Commercial Relocation of Trespassing Vehicles Law. These laws are found under Chapter 625 of the Illinois Consolidated Statutes at Title 5/Chapter 18A and Chapter 92 of the Illinois Administrative Code: Part 1710.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate= 2007-09-22 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Administrative Code TITLE 92: CHAPTER III: SUBCHAPTER d: PART 1710 RELOCATION TOWING )〕 This law regulates the activities of companies that tow unauthorized vehicles from private property in Cook, Will, Kane, DuPage, and Winnebago counties. This law does not affect the towing of cars parked on public streets, companies who provide roadside assistance-related towing, companies involved in repossession, or vehicles towed at the direction of local enforcement authorities.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2007-09-22 ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lincoln Towing Service」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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