The State should not be involved in contracts for Towing unless it's for THEIR property.
@danielrose13926 жыл бұрын
If so, everyone in the traffic jam has to pay the bill because it takes longer to clean up while the driver rings up different tow companies to compare quotes. State should contract a good towing service at fair rates. In my area authorities made a good deal for everyone.
@airsoftsnipes1006 жыл бұрын
what you said, makes no sense, like the grammar is so bad, I have no idea what you said. You just blow in from stupid town?
@erbenton076 жыл бұрын
kallme Jay: Word salad? Sounds like gibberish to me.
@ohmygoditsyomamma6 жыл бұрын
This is why we vote against socialistic principles
@jdrancho18646 жыл бұрын
+jay please re-post, but this time in English.
@FnixGhod17 жыл бұрын
clearly someone in the police dept got paid off.
@terrytackett5237 жыл бұрын
FnixGhod1 i agree
@SirHenryofRR7 жыл бұрын
Someone? Don't you mean *everyone*? Corruption is the standard format for modern US policing.
@spoda817 жыл бұрын
State Police are the crooked ones here I know quite a few of them on the take
@still34u7 жыл бұрын
Why would somebody pay off "Everyone" ?? .. that's the silliest thing I have heard in a while.. You pay the top dog, the rest has to follow the chain of command, no reason to pay anybody under the person you paid off initially. Or blame, for that matter, the everyday Joes, that are driving patrol cars, and making sure nobody gets hurt further are usually very normal people like us. If there is a bribe involved, it certainly isn't to the street cops, but somebody who has an authority to sign that contract. Maybe there wasn't though, cops just needed a reliable service to get things done, and a company offered just that. And honestly, when you are guaranteed business by a contract, why not charge a million bucks for it. Capitalism at it's finest. If nobody bought diamonds, they would a buck a dozen....
@duanep.91937 жыл бұрын
FnixGhod1 , m
@CrossAnchors6 жыл бұрын
Talk abut highway robbery, this really is State sponsored blackmail
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
Insurance is likely over 1k/month/truck the trucks are 500k or more... That tow bill maybe payed the insurance on that 1 heavy for the year... nothing else.
@jhutch14704 жыл бұрын
@@mattlane2282 Don't stick up for them. The other company has the same industry standards and would have charged a third of that. The owner was also busted a few years later for bribery. They were criminals plain and simple.
@Catloader986 жыл бұрын
There was a problem similar to this in Baltimore city and it turns out that the cops were getting kick backs from the company. All cops that were investigated were fired.
@ivjr16 жыл бұрын
Harley Man The Train Fan Baltimore seems to have a huge corruption problem within their police. So many articles online!!!
@Catloader986 жыл бұрын
Yea that’s true
@scoobycarr55586 жыл бұрын
Harley Man The Train Fan May God bless Maryland and may God bless Baltimore!
@ms.lolitagore58226 жыл бұрын
Good!!
@johnkozlowski76425 жыл бұрын
It happened in the City of Buffalo,N.Y. and the person that owned the towing company was arrested changed and found guilty in a court of law and his company was put out of business.
@seththedog62677 жыл бұрын
That African American dude doesn't even look like he has ever driven nor been inside a tow truck.
@matthewthedude1466 жыл бұрын
he reminds me of eddie murphy lol
@progressfreight5 жыл бұрын
When you charge $10,000 per truck you can look like that.
@DarkRaptor997 жыл бұрын
Funny many years later the owner was busted for bribery I guess the news report was spot on.
@hotrodhog21704 жыл бұрын
@Johnny Five What does clinton news network have to do with it? The owner of the tow company WAS busted for bribery a few years back.
@Boodieman726 жыл бұрын
Sounds like an extortion racket.
@perfectfan20066 жыл бұрын
boodieman...that is exactly what it is...
@farscape3195 жыл бұрын
Yes
@christosdeschaine94445 жыл бұрын
It was, with city connections. There are other vids floating around that document the investigation and the outcome. B&T owner Gasper Fiore pleaded guilty to bribery charges in 2017. He had ties to felon mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, and arranged for bribes to several other local level officials in a few different jurisdictions, as well as a couple of state level officials, including Michigan State Police troopers.
@liltwistofcaine4 жыл бұрын
Edward Martinez what fuckin language do you speak? It sure as hell isnt english
@williamschirmacher65263 жыл бұрын
Never trust the cops
@goddessmelanisia7 жыл бұрын
I've had that happen. I got run off the road and my van rolled. The police called their go to towing company. The towing company stole property out of my vehicle then told me I had to sign my van over to him in order to pay off my "storage fee's", from him leaving it in a field near his house. I decided instead to sign it over to a junk yard which gave me 4 times what the storage fees were and towed it off his property at no cost to me. I figure he was going to sign it over to a junk yard as soon as I signed it over to him and pocket the difference. (Don't believe anyone if they tell you a totalled out vehicle is worth less than $100, the scrap value will always be more than that.) I also had property stolen out of the van by the "tow company" (it was just one guy with a tow truck and a field). I informed them that I was filing a claim with Amazon of a "lost" kindle, and the first time it was connected to Wi-Fi, whoever had it would be prosecuted. Complete BS, but they bought it, and gave my Kindle back.
@Grognarthebarb6 жыл бұрын
goddessmelanisia i dont know how ur police in that area work. But here. The police have a rotation of towing companies they go through
@jfbeam6 жыл бұрын
That may be (rotation), but the police don't set the fees.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
You need to charge going rate with the cops... your all crying over a heavy bill... car roll over here your looking at 1K by the time you get back to the yard...
@memyself11766 жыл бұрын
goddessmelanisia should of called me i would of done it for you for free
@happypappy63716 жыл бұрын
Rotation wrecker is how most areas do it.
@johnnelson89567 жыл бұрын
the tow truck industry has got to be regulated. too many companies are taking advantage of citizens in need. many many years ago, I drove a tow truck while working at a paint and bodyshop. I watched and listened as my boss would laugh after reaming a customer on the tow charges. he had no remorse whatsoever. I towed a 84 year old woman's car after she broke down on the highway. took her home and dropped the car at the local dealership to be fixed. a 12 mile round trip. he charged over $400. that was in 1978. she was retired and living on her social security and whatever else her dead husband left her. she cried her eyes out when she found out how much he charged her. when she left, the bastard laughed and said she was too old to drive anyway. i guit two weeks later. there are thousands of people out just like him. bring on the regulation against predatory towing. and by the way, I made $4.00 an hour at that time. it didnt take but about an hour to complete the job. do the math.
@kx250fmotocross7 жыл бұрын
Nice English.
@carlosjones87136 жыл бұрын
To who? There is no regulation. They can do whatever they want.
@karansena6 жыл бұрын
John Nelson all mgr are like that
@urbanfishing70856 жыл бұрын
Funny cause tow companies in MN charge 5 a mile 120 hook up and other misc charges, not a rip off, everybody hase to pay for the trucks, building, employees, get your facts straight, my family owns the 3rd largest towing company in MN
@daltonmcdowell80686 жыл бұрын
Andrew Shepherd 9055 tow truck cost around 400 to 500 a 75ton rotator cost about 750,000 dollars
@mfp6007 жыл бұрын
I got a quote to tow a truck from Mississippi to Illinois and it was around 1200. But 10k wtf for 4 miles.
@Sara-L6 жыл бұрын
What you're seeing here is a bill for the overall time on the scene - not the actual tow. I would have refused the bill and let them keep the truck, demanding the cargo instead, filing a lawsuit if need be.
@jdrancho18646 жыл бұрын
Seeing how they are the only ones allowed on the scene, I'm not sure how they can charge for that, unless they pro-rate it against every vehicle they tow. The lady interviewed had a good point in that the tow did not involve righting an over-turned or jack-knifed rig. It was a simple hook-up and drive-off. Also, her tow company would have taken the rig to a shop. Now she has to pay for a second tow to a dealership.
@001looker6 жыл бұрын
Irrelevant, pay up.
@chrish50966 жыл бұрын
Ricky Crane ain’t it ironic that you profile pic is a Ford (I’m kidding Chevy sucks)
@acedriverboi24294 жыл бұрын
@@001looker Yo mama is irrelevant so take that.
@renkcel6 жыл бұрын
FIRST QUESTION, WHAT DID ALL THE OTHER 18 WHEELERS PAY FOR THEIR TOWING, THIS SMACKS OF EXTORTION!!!!!!!!!
@renkcel3 жыл бұрын
@iamnobody noone I JUST LIKE ALL CAPS, NO SCREAMING!!!!!😀😀😀
@hattratt95717 жыл бұрын
ever heard of extortion?
@BlackRose857897 жыл бұрын
I think this also a hostage situation, using her cargo as a means of forcing negotiations to put in their favor.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
Um, no, pay your bill or don't get your vehicle no one cares what you got in there... you PAY THE BILL or nothing is released. SIMPLE. IDK of any location that lets you walk out with out paying.
@Xarai7 жыл бұрын
ignore the police and demand ur towing company tow you, the fine for is is much less than their fee
@RandomRandomnessKCMO6 жыл бұрын
Yeah , that's not how that works at all
@AllisChalmersMN6 жыл бұрын
Fuck that. The state shouldn’t have a contract with a towing company. That should be illegal. 10k for a 4 mike tow is beyond outrageous.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
But 500k+ for the truck, 1k a month for insurance, etc is not? How is that tractor worth over 100k? Since we are judging prices now.
@qte55307 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable that a State can be part of such criminal behavior ..!..-_•
@M-E-G-A7 жыл бұрын
The company is called Boulevard and Trumbull ? They sound like...Trouble and a bunch of Bull!
@brianteed73907 жыл бұрын
I hauled an oversize load, (345 Cat excavator), from Detroit to Corpus Christi Texas for $5,500. so yeah, $10k+ is a little high.
@jdrancho18646 жыл бұрын
Apples and oranges.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
More like apples and bolts. Your running around for dick hauling shit... where as these trucks sit likely for days.
@asphaltcowboy1976ify3 жыл бұрын
Commodity rate is nowhere near the same thing..the insurance and liability costs alone are about 7.3 times higher and truck cost is just about 10 times the cost difference
@damianhuntet67637 жыл бұрын
I'm a tow truck driver have been for a long time and that's outrageous Now if it was rolled over and all mangled up then I could see giving someone a 10000 dollar bill
@danielrose13926 жыл бұрын
Strangely when you check the bill at 1:54 it lists Heavy Duty Rollover.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
learn to read it says heavy duty towing charge...
@georgegreen34706 жыл бұрын
Matt Lane it’s says heavy duty tow charge 6 times and heavy duty roll over once. With each of those is a fuel surcharge. Why is there roll over at all and why is there 6 tow charges? Did they have to pay for all the vehicles in the accident?
@danielrose13926 жыл бұрын
Matt Lane check the third line. Something is wrong with this bill.
@marcbeebee69696 ай бұрын
@@mattlane2282 hey learn to read you dumbo😂 come over to germany i will give you english lessons. And if you get rude again i will smack you 😂.
@matthansen47536 жыл бұрын
That tow would’ve been under $1,000 with the company I work for....
@danielhall69386 жыл бұрын
matt Hansen I once got charged tow bill for driving my rig 2 blocks over to their yard. I drove it. When I saw this ladies truck, other than smashed hood, I didn't see why the truck wouldn't have moved under its own power.
@solidmoon82666 жыл бұрын
Funny he uses the words "they should be commemorated for a great job" like they deserve extra beyond the job... this sounds more like a shut out after getting their hand caught in the cookie jar.
@eastcoastthrilla53136 жыл бұрын
The trailer was fully loaded & the tow company played on that fact. What a bunch of scabs.
@banno69387 жыл бұрын
So nice they worked the scene. But there's no reason any one vehicle owner should foot the bill for them being nice. Sounds to me like nothing but a big rip off.
@justadudeffs6 жыл бұрын
I was recently tasked by my employer to go pick up one of our trucks (with an empty dry van attached) that had been sitting in a storage yard for about 2 weeks after the driver had some sort of medical issue and hit a guardrail with it. Total cost for the 17 mile tow AND 2 weeks of storage? Just under $4000. And this was a police directed tow as well. $10k for a couple hours work and overnight storage is insane. Shame on those asshats for doing their damndest to make a bad situation worse! ***Edit*** Full disclosure... The above happened in VA and not in Detroit. So maybe there's some extra $6000 fee or tax imposed in Michigan. Not.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
Ya bidding on the road and how often accidents happen.
@bentsymbalyuk41567 жыл бұрын
If you look at 2:52 closely they charge the same crap multiple times haha! "Heavy Duty Towing Charge" 6x, "Fuel Surcharge" x7!!!! SUE THEM!
@jordanmpaul7 жыл бұрын
Mr. BlueCollar thats what i was thinking, it looks like they charged for each wrecker they had on the scene
@TheBishop126 жыл бұрын
they most likely settled
@42luke936 жыл бұрын
Mr. BlueCollar The truck was not even rolled over and they were charged for that as well!
@spoda817 жыл бұрын
Gasper is one of the biggest crooks in the city of Detroit,and buys cops like their cups of coffee
@gregadomeit40206 жыл бұрын
spoda81 Yeah and Gasper and Rizzo Trash hauler owners got busted for bribes in a pay to play scheme. It's been in the News for a long while . 10k for 4 miles smh..
@rickwyliee29106 жыл бұрын
I have heard of this towing company and they are corrupt and should be shut down but they have the money to pay the local politicans who can be bought with money
@davidzuelke85993 жыл бұрын
i LOVE how towing companies have contracts with police to tow OUR vehicles and we have no choice. it happens here in wisconsin
@tyrannyterminator41796 жыл бұрын
There is no way that matches “industry standards” billing. They weren’t doing off road recovery, just a hookup and move.
@1985qdawg7 жыл бұрын
criminal
@theadjuster67606 жыл бұрын
In texas is your right where and who you have tow your vehicle... houston is also a towing scam , followed by new york and california charging 50 to 200 a day in storage fees.
@mountainman50256 жыл бұрын
NJ turnpike...hoime of the $750 trailer tire LOL
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
you know property costs money, you don't want to be charged a storage fee, get your vehicle OUT... seems simple enough... you can expect towing prices to go up as well as trucks costs, labor costs both go up and accidents / break downs go down.
@welderboy147 жыл бұрын
3500?? I had a T800 kenworth towed and total billed hours of 1 1/2hrs...Know what i was charged? $250
@gerble367 жыл бұрын
Was it fully loaded and stored overnight in their lot? In Detroit? Too much variables to be an accurate comparison.
@jshepard1526 жыл бұрын
gerble36 Yeah you're right.... that overnight parking would definitely add $10,000.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
LOL yep okay, the waiting fee here for a med truck is 175/hour a heavy is not even leaving the lot for under $500 and accident like that on a major highway... oh baby... + a bid highway. Ya someone really charged 250 for a 500k truck to come out.
@trentonhughes72735 жыл бұрын
You are a liar no heavy duty truck will do that for 250.
@IeeIee778 Жыл бұрын
@@trentonhughes7273 he never said the year
@lauram31152 жыл бұрын
That is outrageous! The state should not dictate what tow company you use.
@peterwilliamson87213 жыл бұрын
Very predatory behavior during a massive wreck, apparently condoned and and prompted by the authorities, should never be allowed writing to the politician who either supports or ignores these shysters is probably a waste of time as well.
@MrJorge69866 жыл бұрын
I thought the taxpayers had the right to choose!!! Welcome to America!!
@juanaranda92656 жыл бұрын
I was there and they towed my bicycle and charged me 1,195,& 10 cents I told them keep that bike I got it at a garage sale for 5$!
@Chalky.5 жыл бұрын
The fact the police didn't reply to the complaint makes me think they're burying complaints.
@DanielGarcia-zz9eg6 жыл бұрын
I hope the ppl who hit her truck will pay the bill on top of the damage to the truck I tell you this , I tell my driver to start it up, drag your way to the next exit ( that truck looks like it can move on its own. Yes I see no hood but I'm like drive it to a safe haven)
@Undubitubly7 жыл бұрын
As an industry it sucks because A. theres our competition that charges nothing until they go out of business (customers have no problem with that) or B. There's turd nuggets that do shady shit until they make a pile of money and quit and make the rest of us look like thieves......... I did notice on that bill theres 6? heavy duty tows? uh wait what?
@brianlittlefield79733 жыл бұрын
I have never paid over 600 for a up to 10 miles tow for a truck and trailer. Even her tow company was robbing her.
@discobikerAndRosie4 жыл бұрын
They had a deal with that towing company. They were getting a cut. Part of my job as a 911 dispatcher was calling a tow per request by police. If the driver didn't ask for a specific towing company, we pulled one from our book. Those listed were called in rotation. It kept everything fair.
@dillonkoch727 жыл бұрын
my mom's car was t-bone by a Lincoln navigator at 75mph she had to be air lifted to El paso Texas. her boyfriend and I went to go get belongings from the car it was horrible they used the jaws of life and cut it open like a can opener. but anyways the tow company used a punch and hammer I'm assuming to knock to cylinder lock in on the trunk to look for valuables it was an 02 Chrysler Sebring. they are crooks
@jdrancho18646 жыл бұрын
Not saying it didn't happen, but how does a SUV have a trunk?
@catsbyondrepair6 жыл бұрын
jd rancho are you stupid a sebring is a fucking car
@jdrancho18646 жыл бұрын
Can't argue with your astute assessment. Misread it as the Navigator being hit and rifled thru by the tow company. I am chastised and beg the internet's forgiveness.
@mrdave21126 жыл бұрын
I had a dream and the owner of the tow company got a visit from someone he scammed one night while he was sleeping in his bed, and the owner never again had a vehicle towed. If you let people rip you off, they will.
@nebraskaninkansas3474 жыл бұрын
As a cop we always allowed someone to use their own towing company. Otherwise we used a rotating list to call from. Unbelievable a state contracts with one tow company only. The only way that would be legal would for that company to only tow state vehicles, not force citizens to use a specific tow company.
@abrahanespinoza37096 жыл бұрын
Its always been like this ! For more than 25 years .
@marzinjedi64376 жыл бұрын
This is illegal for a company to block a federal road to monopolize a job site
@jdrancho18646 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I wonder if there might be a federal angle.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
this is youtube kid, your takes alot less time to type than you're and all you prove is you KNOW what I mean anyway. No one is going to bring suit and the suit would be as said over the validity of the contract nothing to do with that the OP said about it being illegal to block a road and monopolize a job site. Once the suit (never gona happen) is brought up... the cops will say it is a safety and speed issue, they only want 1 company working the scene.
@jdrancho18646 жыл бұрын
+Matt Lane You;re right, Gramps. For the lady affected by the tow, this is water under the dam. My interest was in the federal angle, the fact that this is happening on a stretch of road that is a designated part of the US interstate highway system. Any time the Feds are involved, the rules (Davis-Bacon Act, WMB contracting, minority workforce participation, Affirmative Action, TWIC certification et al.) change. That means a challenge to the existing contract with an eye towards compliance with US law cannot be dismissed out of hand. I understand you're busy and can't spend all day typing KZfaq comments, so I'll give you a pass on the spelling. Just promise you know the difference between 'their', 'they're', and 'there' and will use them correctly the next time you post anywhere online. You simply HAVE to take the time to get it right.
@marzinjedi64376 жыл бұрын
jd rancho gramps is all I saw pup
@marzinjedi64376 жыл бұрын
Matt Lane unless you are fifty don't call me kid we the people don't have a contract to travel on a road we built got it good 😊 read your bill of rights I've seen it personally in person been to congress also
@greghorn76506 жыл бұрын
That's Highway Robbery anyway you look at it. The State should not give any towing company that kind of contract, the owner of that towing company is kin to somebody in state government or has something on them one or the other.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
you PAY for the contract... your bid, if someone else wants the contract, get the trucks, the drivers, the response time and the money to bid it.
@AMERICANPATRIOT19456 жыл бұрын
Let's see, this is the USA, which is a free market capitalist country. The owner of the crashed truck is a private business entity with their own towing company on contract. That towing company is barred from doing business with their client because the state police have a contractor of their own. The contractor favored by the police charges three times the price of the truck owner's contractor. There is only one explanation and that is corruption. It would be nice if our courts would reflect this and overturn all such contracts which favor one company over another. It is incumbent for any restricting or favoring agency to prove a need for their restrictions or favoritism. Anything less is corrupt and a violation of our rights. Both the owner of the contracted towing company and the bureaucrat or politician who forced a private citizen to buy from that contractor should be imprisoned as enemies of our free country.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
Or, maybe jackass, to tow on that road you must win a bid... (more overhead now) you likely must have X number of trucks ready and available 24/7 in X min of getting called out... I know the 3500$ tow company has no contract costs... and may or may not even have enough trucks to win the contract... most costs = more charge on the bill... simple. you want the road closed forever, go with your way, if you have AAA around here and the AAA contracted company is going to take over 30min and your in anyway blocking the road (this is for non contract roads) your getting the next on the list called out. They aint waiting 1 hour for your AAA truck to get there... same shit goes here. Don't like it, tell the state to stop making companies PAY to work a road.
@AMERICANPATRIOT19456 жыл бұрын
Matt Lane, You just gave up this debate before you even started due to your unprofessional and unintelligent name calling. A difference of opinion with you does not constitute a lack of intelligence on any person's part. On your point of longer wait times and increased traffic jams, there is no reason why a person or business who has a contract with a particular tow company should not be able to use the services of that company, as long as they are timely. After all, the truck owner's tow truck showed up at about the same time as the police department's chosen company. So, your idea of longer wait times goes right out of the window. There is nothing wrong with having more than one company allowed to tow their client's vehicles away from a major accident scene. A little competition is just what a capitalist society such as ours is all about. What is described in this video is pure unadulterated government corruption which resulted in a three times higher tow price for the unfortunate accident victim. No government agency has the right to bar a competent and qualified business from operating in their field of expertise just to favor a business that is in bed with the politicians who happen to be in office at the time. There has to be a genuine reason to allow only one contractor to do business with the public in a particular location. An example of such a situation would be the concession stand at a public park. A tow company is not one of them. In this case, there would have been absolutely no harm in allowing the particular trucking company's chosen tow vehicle to tow their truck. It would have caused zero delay. The news crew here in this video have done a great job proving that Boulevard and Trumbull Towing has been involved in all sorts of dirty dealings with various political entities. This is not simply a case of having higher costs due to meeting contract requirements. A thee times higher price than one's competent competitors is never justifiable.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
BLah blah blah you gave up on this debate when you said "There is only one explanation and that is corruption." You have an opinion I have facts from being around the biz. You have what like 7 trucks there that need to be towed. Okay great now the cops are running around asking each driver who is coming, how long, eta. If the first trucks tow company is 35 min out while the company behind his is 10min out... and another truck does not know if the company has a truck available... it becomes chaos... now if someone sends out one heavy to tow it and finds out they need 2, we are waiting now for a second dispatch because the person in the accident never know what they need or how bad the vehicle is. You just turned a, hook a leave into a circus of 4 companies all trying to sort out who is taking what. This happens with CARS when you get someone who does not know how to tow, I've seen operates from other companies LOAD cars because they were tired of waiting. Not the best plan as someone can try to pass the buck now saying XYZ from company Y did the damage but on roll overs etc... who cares. That on the scale of tractor trailers LOL. Not to mention you have no idea who is doing what, it becomes dangerous, a decent company doing heavy recovery everyone knows there part and they may even have headsets on for communication. Again vs a circus of 4 companies all with different ETAs... Ya you have a reason to have ONE company cover the scene... you cry about 3x the price, yet for all we know that ONE person has 1 heavy... where this company may have 6... and that ONE heavy is not around all the time where as the contracted company has trucks on standby 24/7 different level of service DIFFERENT PRICE. A "decent" auto accident here is 1k billed out, roll over depending on how long it sits 2-3k... and before you cry, that's a fair rate, when you get fucked its 5-6-7k for a REGULAR CAR... of course you have a 20 min response time from the time you get the call till on scene... and your allowed to miss 3 calls a year before being tossed off the rotation. Know what this means... you have a truck sitting and a driver on call 24/7/ 365 (you don't get any days off) JUST to go get a police accident. You are allowed customer request (and that is how the pay offs work here) if the ETA of the company is generally over 30min for a minor accident or over 20 for a road closed... your getting next off the list (if things work as they should) and even with that 20min time, the cops will call and ask to expedite!, generally if the road is closed OR if the vehicle must be stabilized before EMS/FIRE can help. Oh btw this is all unbid, the local highway you bid... I think its like 250k a year (idk how they even make money off that) you must have at LEAST 3 trucks (only light/med not heavy as its a passenger car only highway) and you are on call 24/7 with 3 trucks. Yep that's cheap right to have 3 vehicles on call 24/7 with a response time, and 250k off the top... before you say the bidding is bullshit (yep I'm with you on that) other locations put you on for X time, and rotate that way again ONE COMPANY at a time so it is not chaos at the scene... You again need X number of trucks on call. It is a money intensive business. Oh man and if bad weather hits... I've seen calls from am hour away road side trying to get tows... then... when its sunny 70f weather for 2 weeks the phone won't ring for PDAA or road side. It's worse with heavies... Half the time when a med duty truck calls around asking for a tow (idk about heavy)... give you a recent example "I just slid off the driveway in the mud and need to be towed out" head out for a WINCH OUT... turns into call the local heavy company, call the cops, truck is against a sign, property damage, need 2 trucks to pull him out with out causing more damage to private property sign. SAME thing is gona happen on major highways... your gona call in your company for a tow... say XYZ, they show up with 1 truck... find out they need 2... vs one company comes with all hands on deck... Also alot of the time when you get calls for "accidents" the people are trying to NOT call the cops as it is a PDAA... ya its easier in that case for TIME reasons to have one company on hand. It will take LESS TIME no matter how you slice it to have company doing clean up. It is also MUCH safer as everyone knows whats going on and know each other as they work together vs 4 random companies all trying to work around each other.
@AMERICANPATRIOT19456 жыл бұрын
Matt Lane, Thank you for confirming what I suspected! It seemed a rational assumption from your angry first response that you are "in the business." Your second response improves upon your first response due to no name calling. You do, however, declare that I have given up on the debate by declaring that "there is only one explanation and that is corruption." I stand by my word. If you view the entire video again, you will find that the particular towing company and the involved police chief have both been investigated for corruption. There is ample evidence to suggest that this is the case. While all of your other explanations make sense for some price variation, they don't explain a three times variation nor do they justify chasing away a heavy tow truck which is all ready to tow a broken heavy vehicle on a technicality alone. At all accident scenes of this magnitude, the police will interview every conscious victim. There is no reason why tow trucks of appropriate size and purpose cannot be dispatched by the police to tow vehicles. You stated that the police already do have companies on call 24/7/365. How could it hurt to call a victim's chosen company if they are local and available at the same time as the police favorite? If a conscious driver states that they already have a properly qualified truck on the way with a reasonable ETA, there is no reason to bar that truck upon arrival. In this day and age of cell phones, and advanced computers, there is no reason other than greed and desperation for multiple uninvited tow trucks to race to the scene of a small crash. With all of our advanced applications available, there is no reason why some form of local crowd sourcing application cannot be applied to the local tow companies so that they do not have to purchase excessive over capacity. I am not suggesting that a huge and chaotic collision scene should have to wait for one tow truck to pull the lead vehicle out due to customer choice, even as the chosen contractor has equipment available. I am stating that as long as a customer's tow shows up in order, as an American citizen, they have every right to make their choice. All of the logistical points you demonstrate make sense, Matt Lane. You won't catch any disagreement from me there. The logistical points alone do not prove by themselves that it is impossible or even impractical to have more than one contractor to show up with equipment to tow broken vehicles away from a collision scene. If there are six broken vehicles at a scene, the police will know within a minute or two which drivers are conscious, and what size tow truck(s) is/are needed for each vehicle. The police will also know if any driver has already selected a local tow company. If a driver has called their own contractor, the police only need confirm an ETA and location with that contractor to determine if that ETA is acceptable. The police can then assign contracted towing companies for those who don't have a selected contractor. It is the police who ultimately direct heavy rescue, ambulance, and tow vehicles once they arrive at a scene. There is no reason why a locality cannot have multiple tow companies of various sized and purposes on call on rotation so that everybody gets some business, reasonable breaks, and no requirement to have excessive overcapacity. If a locality insists on having one tow company on call 24/7/365, they might as well have the local government own all of the tow equipment and have all of the operators on the public payroll, especially if it legitimately costs three times normal for a tow, which is doubtfull in just about any normal case. The bottom line here is that if the highway tow business is distributed between multiple tow companies in an intelligent and organized manner, everybody will earn a decent living without having to have excessive overcapacity and workers on overtime. Companies will maximize equipment use with normal commercial towing plus emergency highway towing. As an added plus, conscious accident victims will be able to exercise choice if they wish. If you look at the responses here to this video, and the news report as well, you will see that the public does not see things your way, Matt Lane. The public only sees that a business owner was denied his choice of tow companies by the police, whose chief has been proven to have been involved in a series of conflicts of interest with his chosen tow company. Since any private business owner wants good public relations, it stands to reason that tow truck operators want to avoid this sort of bad press at all costs. It is far better to address the logistical problems and avoid public backlash. The public, as guided by the press, sees only the corrupt police chief being paid off by the corrupt tow company owner. There is a companion video to that effect which provides ample evidence that Boulevard and Trumbull has been involved in some very shady dealings with more than one government official. That is why I stand by my statement that the only explanation for this outrageous pricing difference depicted here is corruption.
@denisetrine30667 жыл бұрын
Fraud!
@markchase45134 жыл бұрын
Cops, don't figure,When will America get smart and get rid of these thugs
@marikiemarie76226 ай бұрын
My brother was in an accident at 17. Rollover. My dad's wallet was in the suv. They took $618 out of that wallet and took my brother wallet out of his pocket while he layer there with a broken neck. He had $200 . My brother remembers the guy pretending to check him while getting his wallet. 😢
@badboy999877 жыл бұрын
just refuse to pay it the state and the towing company are in the scam together
@BlackRose857897 жыл бұрын
The problem with that is, she can't. The will hold it until you pay them first. And if she doesn't, then they can sell and scrap it for everything they can get off of it.
@BlackRose857897 жыл бұрын
I'd say they knew she had valuable cargo and held it hostage knowing if they dealt with a man. Someone would have lost their teeth that day and went to court.
@rong25967 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a Ambulance BILL $$$$ 4 miles 2K+!
@CymruEmergencyResponder6 жыл бұрын
Maybe the state police should pay the bill seeing as though they have admitted that the trooper should not have prevent the other towing company from doing it. Their inaptitude caused this company to be landed with this huge bill.
@matthewking375 жыл бұрын
My state doesn't have a contract company. Tow companies apply to be on a list. The company is inspected and if they pass they are on that list and the list is a rotational list. The first company on the list is called and have 20-30 minutes to arrive on scene. Once they are called their name goes to the bottom of the list and the next on the list is first call for next accident. When I drove tow truck, the state police would call our cellphone, give us the details and start the clock. If you failed to show up in the 20-30 minute time frame told many times....you were removed from the list.
@iwood83746 жыл бұрын
In what country can a state tell me how to spend my money would never happen I would have sued the s*** out of the state
@jdrancho18646 жыл бұрын
Do you have pockets at least six figures deep? To spend on a law suit you are most likely to lose?
@jdrancho18646 жыл бұрын
I just lost my entire post.:) So to recap, in brief: You are confusing pro bono with contingency fee. A lawyer will only take a contingency-fee case if there is a very good chance of collecting on a substantial judgment, which is not the case if you sue the state. They will defend the case until the end of days or until your money runs out, whichever happens sooner. Companies move or shut down every day for any number of reasons. It won't bother the state at all and they will never draw a connection between that and an excessive tow bill.
@mattlane22826 жыл бұрын
Your gona sue the state (costing likely well past 6 figures) taking years and years for the state to say, any company can come and bid the road and they have a contract with the company in order to keep the road and and opened as quickly as possible.
@Chris_L0346 жыл бұрын
there is a reason monopolizing is against the law.
@Mikeykaysuper7 жыл бұрын
She is beautiful .
@westcoastbronco6 жыл бұрын
Here in Oregon we have to have rates submitted to state and have to stick to them. You also have the option of calling your towing company if they can get there in a timely manner.
@BEARSMIX6 ай бұрын
I used to work for B&T this does not surprise me after seeing some of their shady practices when I worked there
@ChevyLover-mm6gt Жыл бұрын
The county I live in Tennessee when you get into a wreck you can use the wrecker company of your choice. Never had a problem out of our city, county, or troopers for issues like that. I believe they went out the extreme with the amount they charged her
@rps13sr6 жыл бұрын
Corruption and power
@kenneth35525 жыл бұрын
Some companies should be put out of business. Thank God they have to stand before Him. He is a just judge.
@chriss93426 жыл бұрын
yeah the cops r getting a chunk of that I'm sure smh
@TheRealBizWiz5 жыл бұрын
Tow truck companies are the only industry that won’t give you a break. Whether it’s a retail store, your electric company or your cell phone provider, they will all work with you. Even the IRS will work with you. Forget about asking a tow truck company to give you a break.
@PandaMan027 жыл бұрын
difference in opinion being that the government shouldn't be sponsoring a monopoly.
@eligebrown89985 жыл бұрын
I'm a truck driver and this is a scam. Yes it's an emergency and they charge extra for that but NOT CLOSE to that amount for 4 miles. Police are getting a kick back or the city is.
@sherrywyllie21635 жыл бұрын
In CA the tow companies must be approved by CHP to become a rotation tow. They must meet certain standards to be included. Big rig tows are even more stringent. There is a time limit to respond to the scene and get the road open. That bill sounds excessive.
@codyw81176 жыл бұрын
Speaking from being In towing for a while now. Where I am state contracts cover specific areas. Turnpike parkway specific highways. The towns. And county's hire tow company's for police towing. They have a specific amount of time to respond or else it goes to the next company. For heavy wrecks. Semi trucks. (At least in my area) a company with a heavy wrecker is on rotation until they are called. Then it's a whole cycle again. They might not get a call for months. But when a wreck happens they get the call. Where a normal wreck which can be take. Care of by a flat bed or medium duty is usually on for a week and that's it. For police towing such as this. The companies don't make the towing rates. It's what ever the town,county and state say is fair
@DANIELFLORES-qd8ly4 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a ripoff!! I feel sorry for that lady for experiencing something like that. Those towing companies are just waiting to see an opportunity like that to take advantage of it.
@charlesfitzgerald94614 жыл бұрын
W as a truck driver my truck died on the road in Pennsylvania the towing company came picked the truck up with tow truck and picked trailer up with regular truck an back to the yard 60 miles away an it was only $2000.
@TakManSan6 жыл бұрын
And now Fiore is charged with bribery in securing his contracts!
@tenneybrent82654 жыл бұрын
Sounds like someone should sue the police and that towing company
@rino19016 жыл бұрын
There's laws that dictate how much they can charge a semi.
@nomaderic3 жыл бұрын
No way in hell I would have paid. That's your truck now. Just give me my cargo
@marzinjedi64376 жыл бұрын
Any forced contract should be illegal and void a police officer should not be allowed to force a contract on a citizen period.
@dopeynightlifetv68594 жыл бұрын
Bro 10,250 dollars????? That's mind blowing!!!
@RobertoMattei776 жыл бұрын
Is call racketeering and extortion, is a felony charges for the cops involved and the tow company.
@johndoe-vm3dh4 жыл бұрын
My ex was in a basic car crash ones. Her stomach hurt. Due to the seat belt. The hospital was 2 blocks away. Police said to go with the ambulance so she agreed. A month later. Just for a ride no meds no nothing. 20 second ride 4 grand
@adolfilyichmarx95892 жыл бұрын
"We've been commended for the work, by the way, by MDOT" Yeah government tends to scratch the governments back.
@geraldhgiles6 жыл бұрын
Look at the bill she is being charged several times for the same thing.
@benefitsm69516 жыл бұрын
When the companies driver caused the crash that KILLED 3 people... I sure at hell would of charged them more!
@toamataafa46476 жыл бұрын
Govt should never get involved in the towing comp...corrupted FOOLS.
@znovosad5556 жыл бұрын
In Connecticut most highway in my area is covered by actual AAA roadside recovery. Sometimes northeast towing and recovery. The cars and trucks get brought to the closest tow yard.
@danielrose13926 жыл бұрын
There is something strange with that bill. Why is the heavy duty towing charge listed 6 times if this is only one truck and where is the heavy duty rollover?
@southernslash17086 жыл бұрын
They need a rotation policy. Here in Louisiana, the prices for Police involved tow calls (local, sheriff, and state) are all regulated by the state. Hookup charge, hourly rates, recovery, and fuel surcharge for light, medium, and heavy calls. Each municipality has a rotation list. When the cops call the tow company, it's a no preference call meaning that the police pay for the tow (they get reimbursed of course) if they have an impound lot. If they don't have an impound lot, the cars owner or insurance company takes care of the bill to the tow yard that it's stored on. If you do have a preferred company that you want to use, you can just pay the police rate yourself. The state regulates prices for daily storage, covered and non covered, for all tows. This keeps it really fair, and if they have a problem with the price, they can take it up with the state.
@1SNOWMANNH5 жыл бұрын
Corruption at its best. Right up there with CT, NY and NJ.
@user-kg9tv4gi8n6 ай бұрын
People need to realize,,state,county and city all needs contracts with a fast reliable tow company,,,keeps the streets clean and traffic flowing,,,,imagine having just odd ball companys show up,,its a disaster,,i know this because i do it for a living
@caelidhg62614 жыл бұрын
This is what makes govt look bad. when you have this "cosy" relationship .. that basically holds the public hostage.. bad...
@roscoepcoltrane54993 жыл бұрын
Gee....my buddies Mack CH broke down, was towed 3 blocks and charged 1,000.00 for the hook, 450.00 for the tow, and other fees totaling 3,400.00....here in Illinois its 1,000.00 just for the semi tow truck driver to start his truck....
@saywin30916 жыл бұрын
Most tow companies at the scum of the earth.
@montanamayfield Жыл бұрын
Cops should have many tow companies they use not just ONE. Get the contract between Cop and Tow company.
@davidandrews27426 жыл бұрын
imagine that corrupt government.
@JamesBond-pb2qy4 жыл бұрын
Tow company is in on it with this cop. Cop is on that take on the side !
@kdw757 жыл бұрын
In our city it is illegal for the police to suggest a towing company.
@scoobycarr55586 жыл бұрын
kdw75 Just wondering where are you from? Thanx! 😃
@stormyclason91736 жыл бұрын
ten thousand bucks for less than 5 miles and possessing exclusive highway rights. sounds like some racketeering went down before all this
@royceanderson75224 жыл бұрын
The Police Officials get "Pay Offs" for this Criminal Actions.
@Grundini915 жыл бұрын
I've had to recover trucks from tow yards in the past. The most I've ever seen as a bill was $1,050. And that was because the company that owned the truck had left it in the care of the tow company for 13 days before sending someone (me) to get it. ($400 for the tow and $50/day left there).
@robison876 жыл бұрын
I don't want your damn sympathy. I want a reasonable Bill! If it was me.....
@garypfleegor16342 жыл бұрын
Cops should have to pay the bill. There is alot of Cops getting kick backs from towing companies.
@niveknospmoht87434 жыл бұрын
Trucking company should tell their vendors that they will no longer deliver into the Detroit area.