Old, I have no idea in your state how the law is, but in Iowa I have seen auto roll overs where the car was seventy feet into the farmers field. It was his hired man that wrecked, and the large JD tractor was ready to hook the loader on and remove the car.
The deputy right or wrong, would not let him hook, but rather insisted the insured wrecker would make the hook. I thought it was chicken poop, and told the deputy exactly that. He claimed that if anything went wrong, it could reflect back on him making a bad decision, and could get very stickey for everyone.
Most of us have no idea how fast things can go wrong, and we all do it because we are nice guys.
There is lots of advise here, some from over concerned folks, some from folks that sit with a can of beer in their hands telling you it ain't no big deal.
As I have stated before I have been playing the game for thirty plus years, and once in a while we talk about what went wrong, and how in the heck it could have possibly got that complicated.
It just comes to mind that some guys haul the Amish around, but once they take a cent for doing so, they must be insured as a taxi, and a whole lot of other legal issues. One guy that did so told me it cost him over $800.00 to haul four Amish to a auction. He doesn't do it any more.
Wreckers in Iowa are allowed the first hook when toeing a wrecked car. Meaning everything doesn't have to be perfectly legal. Once they drop the vehickle off, then it is a different set of rules. If they have a light not working, and some one hits them? You gussed it, the attorneys get all over the poor wrecker driver for being so neglagent.
A officer told the lady to remain in her wrecked car till we got there. She insisted she was ok and was going to get out come heck and high water. The officer opened the car door. Yep he was trained, and knew better, yet did it anyway. Any idea how much that cost bottom line?
I will never allow a teenager to sign off on a refusal form, their parents can for them if they are there. I have no idea of the extent of their injuries, nor would a doctor standing there. So will I alow a kid to be cripled, or even die because they say they are just fine? Sorry I don't get paid enough for that, and the good samaritan law doesn't cut it for those issues.
Heck, always be a good guy, just understand a few of the problems you could face. I got alot of smarts from the school of hard knocks, and hope I can help others avoid the same bumps.
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