Blue, red and amber lights mean slow down and move over Law changes in effect today
From The Eagle Tribune 2008
By Jarret Bencks
When emergency vehicles arrive at an accident, safety officials said vehicles with lights that aren’t red or blue don’t get the same level of respect from motorists — and it puts workers in danger.
“It’s unnerving when someone blows by you at 70 mph,” said Bill Boynton, spokesman for the Department of Transportation, whose vehicles have amber lights. “We’ve had a few instances where people have had to jump over guardrails just to get out of the way.”
Beginning today, changes to the state’s Move Over Law will clearly include tow trucks and DOT vehicles as emergency vehicles. Drivers will be required to slow down and make room for [...]
Car Being Towed Catches Fire On I-95
Tow Truck Driver Escapes Unharmed
POSTED: 9:18 am EDT April 28, 2010
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A tow truck driver escaped unharmed after the car he was towing caught fire early Wednesday morning.
The fire started about 1 a.m. along southbound Interstate 95 near Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard.
WPBF 25 News was first at the scene when firefighters were extinguishing the flames.
The tow truck driver told WPBF 25 News he was towing a car that had been involved in a fire when he saw smoke. He stopped to lower the car from his truck when it burst into flames. No One was injured
Moreno Valley tow truck operators could get rotation system
By LAURIE LUCAS
The Press-Enterprise
Tow truck drivers in Moreno Valley may finally get an official rotation system.
Under the proposed city-wide fee schedule for fiscal year 2010-11, tow truck operators would pay an application fee of $2,828 for a five-year contract and post a $5,000 deposit to cover administrative costs. Owners of towed cars would have to pay $74 to recover their vehicles.
The City Council is expected to vote on the fee schedule tonight after a public hearing , which starts at 6:30 p.m. State law requires that municipalities can only charge fees to recover costs, not to make profits.
Moreno Valley has an ordinance that’s languished on the books for more than a decade involving towing service rotation, said Rick Hartmann, the interim assistant city manager.
Most California cities and counties have a rotation set up with area operators so that business [...]
Parma gives break on towing fee to crime victims
By Bob Sandrick, Sun News
April 25, 2010, 11:10AM
Victims of crimes like automobile theft will no longer have to pay city towing fees under an ordinance Parma City Council approved Monday.
Under the previous code, the city charged a $25 fee for each car it towed. From now on, the city will waive the fee for crime victims.
Safety Director Greg Baeppler said the ordinance was recommended to council by the city’s Law Department and Police Chief Daniel Hoffman.
by Brandon Foster-Gray
Posted on April 13, 2010 at 9:28 PM
Updated Tuesday, Apr 13 at 10:15 PM
CHESAPEAKE-A tow truck driver who crashed into a pool and leisure supply store Tuesday evening has died.The crash happened shortly after 7 p.m., at East Coast Leisure, located at 3269 Western Branch Boulevard. According to police spokesperson Dorienne Boykin, the driver, 48-year-old Durward Whitehead, Sr. of Elizabeth City, N.C., was driving the tow truck, when a medical emergency caused him to lose control and crash into the store.The store was closed at the time of the crash.Whitehead was taken to Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center, where he died. Boykin does not know whether Whitehead died as a result of his medical condition or injuries suffered.
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Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Mr. Whitehead.
-East Coast Truck & Trailer
