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Tipsy Tow aims to stop DUIs over holidays
From HelenaIR.comBy ANGELA BRANDT Independent Record | Posted: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 11:20 pm
Local law enforcement and AAA MountainWest are working together to make sure residents who imbibe a bit too much this holiday season get home safely.
For the seventh year, Operation Tipsy Tow will offer a free ride home for revelers starting Friday and running through New Year’s Day.
“We’re not telling people they can’t drink, but if you’ve been drinking, don’t drive,” Helena Police Chief Troy McGee said during a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday morning.
Impaired drivers can call AAA’s help line, (800) AAA–HELP (222-4357) and request an Operation Tipsy Tow service from Elite Towing.
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Image by Getty Images via @daylifeToo often most of the towing news is nothing but bad news. NOT HERE! I saw an inspirational story about tow trucks hauling toys to less fortunate children. Basically a line of tow trucks comes out to transport toys for tots items so they can be accrued for the holiday season. This in itself is great but it is also nice to see tow trucks featured in a positive light which is too often not the case
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New Tulsa ordinance will allow towing of uninsured cars
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Image via WikipediaBy P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer
Published: Fall 2011
"There's nothing more frustrating than a person who is involved as an innocent victim in an automobile accident to learn that the person responsible doesn't have insurance and it's especially irritating when they drive away," Bartlett said at a news conference.
The ordinance amendment is subject to City Council approval.
"The point of the ordinance is not to tow vehicles," Bartlett said. "That's not our business. But our business is to protect citizens who are abiding by the law and to hopefully get the people who do drive in the city to have proof of insurance."
Police Chief Chuck Jordan said it is "overwhelmingly mind-boggling" that 20 percent of motorists don't have vehicle insurance.
The Tulsa World reported Wednesday that another recent national study put the figure at 23.9 percent of Oklahoma drivers without insurance in 2009.
Jordan said the goal is "to get compliance," noting that officers will not stop vehicles specifically to check for proof of insurance.
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Published: Fall 2011
An initiative is under way to amend a city ordinance that would give Tulsa police the discretion to tow un-insured vehicles that are involved in collisions or traffic violations, Mayor Dewey Bartlett announced Wednesday.
"There's nothing more frustrating than a person who is involved as an innocent victim in an automobile accident to learn that the person responsible doesn't have insurance and it's especially irritating when they drive away," Bartlett said at a news conference.
The ordinance amendment is subject to City Council approval.
"The point of the ordinance is not to tow vehicles," Bartlett said. "That's not our business. But our business is to protect citizens who are abiding by the law and to hopefully get the people who do drive in the city to have proof of insurance."
Police Chief Chuck Jordan said it is "overwhelmingly mind-boggling" that 20 percent of motorists don't have vehicle insurance.
The Tulsa World reported Wednesday that another recent national study put the figure at 23.9 percent of Oklahoma drivers without insurance in 2009.
Jordan said the goal is "to get compliance," noting that officers will not stop vehicles specifically to check for proof of insurance.
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Tow truck plows through business - Charleston, SC | News, Sports, Weather
Really Interesting towing story. It is kind of ironic that a tow truck was in a wreck and might require towing. I guess it happens
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Pink tow truck catching some stares, raising awareness
Posted: Oct 2011 1By Jessica Maki, TV5 Reporter
From the bright pink color, to the inspirational words written across it, this tow truck for Tim's Towing and Body Shop in Linwood is sure to catch some stares.
For Matthew Ballor, the truck is not just an attention-grabber, it also serves as a reminder of what his grandmother went through with breast cancer.
"My grandma, she had a fight with breast cancer a couple years ago. We just thought it's about time to do our thing and help raise awareness for breast cancer," says Ballor of Tim's Towing and Body Shop.
Ballor and his co-workers decided the best way to raise awareness for breast cancer was to paint and design something lots of folks would see.
Anytime someone requests the pink truck or "Lady Luck" as she's been named, part of the funds will go towards the American Cancer Society.
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The Need For A Better Towing Enforcement System
This is a really good article link about the public contesting towing fees. It would appear that there are some unscrupulous towing companies that do abuse their position as a city contractor and illegally tow cars. There are also towing companies that are charging unauthorized fees. Both the illegal towing and the unauthorized fees are wrong. Its not good for the public or the scores of towing companies who do their job with integrity to be caught up in a situation this contentious. I think better marking of the tow zones and cameras watching the zones would solve a lot of problems
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Cold shoulder: Drivers should avoid getting stuck on the side of the road
By Associated Press, Published: 2011
Even for a flat tire.
“It’s hard to imagine and comprehend how fast those cars are going until you’re actually standing there hearing them,” says Lt. Scott Harrington, spokesman for the Kansas Highway Patrol in Topeka. Other drivers “are not paying attention to you . they don’t even move over.”
Highway patrol officers, tow-truck company owners, the American Automobile Association - all recommend driving a disabled vehicle off the highway whenever possible. And if it isn’t possible, pull as far as you can onto the right shoulder, into the grass if you can.
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Thousands of bay area drivers find their cars have been towed
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September 2011
By: Jackie Callaway
TAMPA - It happens to thousands of drivers all over the bay area. So far this year, more than 4,000 people in Hillsborough County returned to their parked vehicle to find it missing.
We are not talking about auto theft but towing.
Some companies are more aggressive than others in enforcing no-parking zones. Tow companies are regulated, but too often consumers who feel their wheels were removed in error don't know where to complain or who might be able to help them.
Image via WikipediaRachel Blunk is among those who claim the tow company made a mistake. "There were signs there that said 30-minute parking and it had not been 30 minutes," says Blunk. Her daughter stopped at a CVS, purchased an ice tea for which she says she has a receipt, then walked outside and sat on a bench to drink the tea. "She walked around to the side where her car was parked and the car had been towed," says Blunk.
Blunk's tow took place in Pinellas County, where tow operators don't have to obtain a license with the county, but they do have to abide by the local ordinance.
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TAMPA - It happens to thousands of drivers all over the bay area. So far this year, more than 4,000 people in Hillsborough County returned to their parked vehicle to find it missing.
We are not talking about auto theft but towing.
Some companies are more aggressive than others in enforcing no-parking zones. Tow companies are regulated, but too often consumers who feel their wheels were removed in error don't know where to complain or who might be able to help them.
Image via WikipediaRachel Blunk is among those who claim the tow company made a mistake. "There were signs there that said 30-minute parking and it had not been 30 minutes," says Blunk. Her daughter stopped at a CVS, purchased an ice tea for which she says she has a receipt, then walked outside and sat on a bench to drink the tea. "She walked around to the side where her car was parked and the car had been towed," says Blunk.
Blunk's tow took place in Pinellas County, where tow operators don't have to obtain a license with the county, but they do have to abide by the local ordinance.
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Local towing company trains employees in hazardous waste cleanup | Nooga.com
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David Hoover, an associate of Mosteller's Towing and Recovery Service, recalled an incident a few years ago when the contents of a private garbage tractor trailer spontaneously combusted.
"It was a 53-foot long trailer full of everybody's garbage," Hoover said. "It caught fire while they were transporting it on the interstate."
Hoover responded to the call along with the Chattanooga Fire Department, which doused the flames. Hoover operated the heavy equipment to clean up the wet, smoldering trash and remove the garbage truck.
It was a hazardous waste cleanup job that snarled traffic for hours and endangered everyone involved with the cleanup, Hoover recalled.
Today, when calls like that come, Hoover will be part of a team of people trained to specifically handle the scenario.
"I'm going to feel safer and everyone around me and the environment will be safer," said Hoover, describing a new partnership between Mosteller's and Hazco LLC, of Goodlettsville, Tenn.
Hazco owners Matt Church and Tyler Broadrick were in Chattanooga Saturday to train Mosteller employees on how to handle a hazardous materials cleanup job. Hazco brings the expertise, training and technology to combine with tow company owners Janie and Robert Wandell's equipment and manpower - make that "people power," with office worker Carla Catlett and tow truck driver Sarah Hamilton suiting up for the weekend training that involved wearing haz-mat suits.
"We are cross training everyone," Church said. "We want to be able to roll out on a call with a team of eight to 10 trained people within an hour."
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David Hoover, an associate of Mosteller's Towing and Recovery Service, recalled an incident a few years ago when the contents of a private garbage tractor trailer spontaneously combusted.
"It was a 53-foot long trailer full of everybody's garbage," Hoover said. "It caught fire while they were transporting it on the interstate."
Hoover responded to the call along with the Chattanooga Fire Department, which doused the flames. Hoover operated the heavy equipment to clean up the wet, smoldering trash and remove the garbage truck.
It was a hazardous waste cleanup job that snarled traffic for hours and endangered everyone involved with the cleanup, Hoover recalled.
Today, when calls like that come, Hoover will be part of a team of people trained to specifically handle the scenario.
"I'm going to feel safer and everyone around me and the environment will be safer," said Hoover, describing a new partnership between Mosteller's and Hazco LLC, of Goodlettsville, Tenn.
Hazco owners Matt Church and Tyler Broadrick were in Chattanooga Saturday to train Mosteller employees on how to handle a hazardous materials cleanup job. Hazco brings the expertise, training and technology to combine with tow company owners Janie and Robert Wandell's equipment and manpower - make that "people power," with office worker Carla Catlett and tow truck driver Sarah Hamilton suiting up for the weekend training that involved wearing haz-mat suits.
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Towers must display a sign or risk violence against them....
I just read a story ( I put the link at the bottom) about a tow truck driver who got hit in the face with a cable box while hooking up a car. The article stated that the tow truck driver needed, by law, to have a sign that showed he was towing a car. This seems a little ridiculous...
Because of technicalities is it open season on traffic workers, towers, and other people that work in the public domain. Can the tow truck driver sue in civil court for any medical charges resulting from the cable box being thrown?
I think a dangerous pattern is being set that crime (yes cable box battery to someones face is a crime) is allowed if a technicality is violated. I think the lack of a display sign should have allowed the car driver being towed the right to sue the towing company and get his money back, it should not be a ticket to use force against a towing company operator.
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Cameras in Chapel Hill aid tow companies
BY KATELYN FERRAL - Staff Writer
Newsobserver.comCHAPEL HILL -- Chapel Hill may change its towing rules after an upward spike in complaints about predatory towing downtown.is a camera a tower or wreckers best friend?
Companies have been using surveillance cameras to catch illegal parkers on private business lots - a tactic towing companies call innovative, but others call predatory.
"It's a very negative experience for people," Town Manager Roger Stancil said
current town rules, passed in 2008, require tow companies to post clear, large signs about towing rules on the lot, submit a report to police 30 minutes after a car is towed and cap fees at $100.
There are no rules against using cameras on private lots.
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