ASK!: Airport can auction abandoned cars
By Mike Rudeen, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published January 11, 2009 at 3 p.m.
Updated January 11, 2009 at 5:53 p.m.
Dodie is curious about what happens to cars left for extended periods in the parking lots at Denver International Airport.
Once cars have been left for 30 days without prior arrangement with parking officials, they are towed to the Mount Elbert shuttle lot, said DIA spokesman Chuck Cannon.
Cars are kept there for another 30 days or so while airport and law enforcement officials try to find the owners or lien holders. If a responsible party can't be found, the autos are sold at auction, Cannon said.
Here's another poser:
What's in the silver-colored boxes underneath the seats on light-rail cars? It looks like white granules. Is it salt for the tracks for when it snows? - Anthony
Know the answer? Post it on the Ask! blog, blogs.RockyMountainNews.com/ denver/ask, or e-mail rudeenm@ RockyMountainNews.com. While you're on the blog, check out the other questions on the Ask! home page, or post one of your own by clicking on the link to the right on the page.
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