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Originally Posted by juddholland
I have a problem with the fact that any damage the car incurs when being towed is the owner's responsibility. Bring the proper towing rig and do your job right, I say! Owners should be able to sue the towing companies if they bring the wrong truck and damage the car further than breaking a window to get in. There should also be required training as to how to identify if a car is front, four, or rear wheel drive.
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Dear Judd-Pollyanna-holland,
Unfortunately, what might be expected of competent tow truck operators and what's provided are often not the same. The example I mentioned, which was dramatic enough that I can still remember small details, occurred on Jackson Blvd. just east of State. There were temporary, paper no-parking signs posted because they were going to do some overnight street patching, and the Lexus and several others were parked there anyway. The tow truck was a blue City of Chicago truck, and the driver's ONLY priority was to remove the cars as fast as possible. The driver spent all of three minutes hooking up and towing away the Lexus.