All but the very
luckiest of souls has, at some point, had their car towed away from
them in the wake of malfunction from an automotive
towing
company, or worse, come out to the place it had once been parked only
to find some phantom tow truck had grabbed hold of their prized
possession and quickly spirited it away. The latter case is always
most infuriating, though having to call an towing company is never
anyone’s idea of a ripping good time in itself. Either way, without
traffic enforcement bylaws and tow Trucks
we probably wouldn’t recognize the world we live in, so it’s time
to accept their existence, and know a few things about them that can
help you in case you have to cross their path.
The first thing to make sure of as a car owner is that
you have a plan of action in mind in the event of a breakdown or, God
forbid, a sudden realization that you haven’t the requisite amount
of gasoline to continue running that combustion engine of yours. It’s
embarrassing, yes – but hey, it happens to all of us, so the best
thing to do is swallow pride and vanity and ring up a auto towing
company ASAP to get that motionless heap of your off the road as
quickly as humanly possible. Having a number handy with you in your
car at all times is a necessity. Just when you’re having the worse
day of your life as your engine overheats on two-lane bridge in the
middle of summer, billowing smoke out like chimney, you don’t need
the added joy of having to stop and ask someone if they know the
number of a tow truck so that you can quickly get out of the flow
angry motorists who are bound to be making vocal their aggravation
with you.
But that, of course, is the worst of the possible
scenarios which could force you to have to call a towing company.
We’ve all done the key-in-the-ignition thing, where we frantically
grope ourselves in hopes of realizing we’ve left our set of keys in
some secret, hidden pocket we didn’t realize we had, and then
peered in through the tightly sealed window to see them dangling
there inside locked doors. Again, we hate to admit our own stupidity,
but it happens, and a towing company is the first number you punch
into your cell phone to admit the understandable lapse in common
sense. Of course, you may also be in the unfortunate position of
having battery with no more juice without another soul around to help
jumpstart you back into running order.
And then there’s the other kind of auto towing that we
have to bear witness to on a daily basis: the parking violation tow
away. This, surely, is no laughing matter, but it’s also important
for you as the motorist (in this case, parked motorist) to know that
there are rules and regulations that every towing company must abide
by before they hook themselves up to your car and speed off to the
nearest impound lot. These laws are up to you to be aware of, and are
occasionally broken at the motorist expense, when companies assume
that car owners will be too ignorant to know their rights. Firstly, a
car cannot usually be towed by an auto towing company due to a
parking infraction unless the proper authorities are noted, and a
significant amount of time (usually in the neighborhood of an hour)
has elapsed to give the owner a chance to claim his automobile.
Second, if you race out to see a truck in the process of raising your
car up to tow away, you have the right to tell him to lower it back
down, and it is against the law for him to impound it after you have
done so.
Just knowing this much can save you money and stress, in
what is bound to be a costly and stressful enough situation as it is.
Know your rights and be prepared, and your encounters with the towing
companies won’t be as horrifying as they could be.
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