Is $AFEclear in effect today? (updated)
From a Chronicle story on this morning's flooding:
Wrecker driver Arturo Maldonado of SOS Collision and Towing Service reported that he had towed at least 20 vehicles stranded on I-10 East. "When it's flooding like this,'' he said, "it's a lot busy. It's my job.''
Among those Maldonado assisted was his own wife, whose auto had gotten stuck in high water.
Does SAFEclear continue on an abnormal day like today? KTRH-740 just had a report about cars being towed, and the reporter said that the stranded cars are so thick on highways, tow truck drivers are not waiting for calls. They are pulling cars off the road. The reporter said that comes with a steep bill -- $130 in city fees.
A waiving of fees related to forced SAFEclear tows would seem to be in order today.
UPDATE (6-20-2006): Apparently there's some confusion as to the intent of my post. I am not suggesting that tow truck drivers should work for free or that all tows should be free. Instead, I was wondering if, on a highly abnormal day like yesterday, the SAFEclear rules could be set aside, going back to the pre-SAFEclear situation where people had a bit more time to get themselves off the side of the road. Or call for a tow truck, but citizens would do it on their own. And that's only if they were already on the shoulder and not blocking the road.
This analogy isn't perfect, but it would be similar to fining homeowners for trash left in front of their homes because the city's trash trucks couldn't get through. You know, kinda like this.
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 06/19/06 05:05 PM | Print | Comments (1)
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