Milwaukee Gets Its Wish, City Can Tow All Reckless Drivers
After two years of waiting, the City of Milwaukee is days away from a major change to when it can tow a vehicle.
A state law approved Tuesday would allow the city to tow and impound any vehicle driven recklessly, a substantial escalation from previous policies.
Prior policies had loopholes that made them "somewhat useless", according to Alderman Scott Spiker.
Those conditions, we found out, made the ordinance we passed somewhat useless
The 2022 change allowed the city to impound vehicles driven recklessly if they were also unregistered, resulting in 595 tows through February 11, 2025.
A 2023 change extended that to cases where the driver owned the vehicle and had an unpaid reckless driving citation, adding only 11 more tows.
Author's summary: Milwaukee can now tow all reckless drivers.