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....
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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..
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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)
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
They should be locked up for life. They are stealing the little money that these poor people have. Life in prison or death! Either way, KARMA will destroy them!
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.
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.
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).
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.
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. 😢
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
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.
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.
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.
There is no way that the cops can justify this . This is criminal , at the very least. I would sue They can not make you use someone else. Oh and $10,000 grand for a couple miles. It's just CRIMINAL.
The state must be involved to reduce wrecker company's from just showing up on wrecks. Ambulance chasers if you will. However B&T is given special treatment by the city of Detroit and by MSP. That bill is outrageous and completely unjustifiable. It's price gouging and their contract should be revoked! Scammers is what they are. That bill shouldn't have been over $1000.00 no special type of work was done it was a simple heavy duty tow. No Rotator no rollover no winching. You can only charge for what you do with that truck. B&T should be ashamed of themselves for this.
Police is very Likely getting a % of the money from the towing. I think States should make it ILLEGAL for Police or counties to have this sortof stuff.
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.
If you pause on the bill, you see MULTIPLE tow trucks and fuel surcharges... including a “rollover rescue”... it only too ONE wrecker to hook that truck up and take it away. Hell, I could have DRIVEN that truck out of the wreckage. I think that if MDOT wants to contract towing companies, THEY should also pay the bill... that crap would stop immediately
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
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.
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.
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.
You have to investigate who profits from the towing company contract besides the towing company . Yes rounds of golf ,meals,vacations and free towing counts as payment also free booze . AS always you will find someone is getting compensated .
WELCOME TO THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, WHERE EVERYONE MAKES MONEY BESIDES THE DRIVERS!!!!! BROKERS RIPS US OFF, INSURANCE, SHOPS, TOWING, REGULATIONS, FUEL, TAXES, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON AND ON........... AND ALL THIS, IS AT THE TRUCK OWNERS EXPENSE!!!!!!!!!
clearly someone in the police dept got paid off.
FnixGhod1 i agree
Someone? Don't you mean *everyone*? Corruption is the standard format for modern US policing.
State Police are the crooked ones here I know quite a few of them on the take
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....
FnixGhod1 , m
The State should not be involved in contracts for Towing unless it's for THEIR property.
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.
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?
kallme Jay: Word salad? Sounds like gibberish to me.
This is why we vote against socialistic principles
+jay please re-post, but this time in English.
Funny many years later the owner was busted for bribery I guess the news report was spot on.
@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.
Talk abut highway robbery, this really is State sponsored blackmail
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.
@@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.
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.
Harley Man The Train Fan Baltimore seems to have a huge corruption problem within their police. So many articles online!!!
Yea that’s true
Harley Man The Train Fan May God bless Maryland and may God bless Baltimore!
Good!!
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.
Sounds like an extortion racket.
boodieman...that is exactly what it is...
Yes
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.
Edward Martinez what fuckin language do you speak? It sure as hell isnt english
Never trust the cops
That African American dude doesn't even look like he has ever driven nor been inside a tow truck.
he reminds me of eddie murphy lol
When you charge $10,000 per truck you can look like that.
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.
goddessmelanisia i dont know how ur police in that area work. But here. The police have a rotation of towing companies they go through
That may be (rotation), but the police don't set the fees.
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...
goddessmelanisia
should of called me i would of done it for you for free
Rotation wrecker is how most areas do it.
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.
Nice English.
To who? There is no regulation. They can do whatever they want.
John Nelson all mgr are like that
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
Andrew Shepherd 9055 tow truck cost around 400 to 500 a 75ton rotator cost about 750,000 dollars
I got a quote to tow a truck from Mississippi to Illinois and it was around 1200. But 10k wtf for 4 miles.
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.
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.
Irrelevant, pay up.
Ricky Crane ain’t it ironic that you profile pic is a Ford (I’m kidding Chevy sucks)
@@001looker Yo mama is irrelevant so take that.
FIRST QUESTION, WHAT DID ALL THE OTHER 18 WHEELERS PAY FOR THEIR TOWING, THIS SMACKS OF EXTORTION!!!!!!!!!
@iamnobody noone I JUST LIKE ALL CAPS, NO SCREAMING!!!!!😀😀😀
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.
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.
ignore the police and demand ur towing company tow you, the fine for is is much less than their fee
Yeah , that's not how that works at all
Unbelievable that a State can be part of such criminal behavior ..!..-_•
I hauled an oversize load, (345 Cat excavator), from Detroit to Corpus Christi Texas for $5,500. so yeah, $10k+ is a little high.
Apples and oranges.
More like apples and bolts. Your running around for dick hauling shit... where as these trucks sit likely for days.
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
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
Strangely when you check the bill at 1:54 it lists Heavy Duty Rollover.
learn to read it says heavy duty towing charge...
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?
Matt Lane check the third line. Something is wrong with this bill.
@@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 😂.
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!
Mr. BlueCollar thats what i was thinking, it looks like they charged for each wrecker they had on the scene
they most likely settled
Mr. BlueCollar
The truck was not even rolled over and they were charged for that as well!
ever heard of extortion?
I think this also a hostage situation, using her cargo as a means of forcing negotiations to put in their favor.
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.
The trailer was fully loaded & the tow company played on that fact. What a bunch of scabs.
That tow would’ve been under $1,000 with the company I work for....
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.
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
The company is called Boulevard and Trumbull ?
They sound like...Trouble and a bunch of Bull!
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.
Ya bidding on the road and how often accidents happen.
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.
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.
i LOVE how towing companies have contracts with police to tow OUR vehicles and we have no choice. it happens here in wisconsin
criminal
Gasper is one of the biggest crooks in the city of Detroit,and buys cops like their cups of coffee
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..
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.
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.
NJ turnpike...hoime of the $750 trailer tire LOL
you know property costs money, you don't want to be charged a storage fee, get your vehicle OUT... seems simple enough... you can expect towing prices to go up as well as trucks costs, labor costs both go up and accidents / break downs go down.
There is no way that matches “industry standards” billing. They weren’t doing off road recovery, just a hookup and move.
I was there and they towed my bicycle and charged me 1,195,& 10 cents I told them keep that bike I got it at a garage sale for 5$!
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
Not saying it didn't happen, but how does a SUV have a trunk?
jd rancho are you stupid a sebring is a fucking car
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.
just refuse to pay it the state and the towing company are in the scam together
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.
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.
Its always been like this ! For more than 25 years .
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)
Sounds like a Ambulance BILL $$$$ 4 miles 2K+!
That is outrageous! The state should not dictate what tow company you use.
I thought the taxpayers had the right to choose!!! Welcome to America!!
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?
Corruption and power
there is a reason monopolizing is against the law.
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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.
Cops, don't figure,When will America get smart and get rid of these thugs
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.
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
Do you have pockets at least six figures deep? To spend on a law suit you are most likely to lose?
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.
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.
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.
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.
The fact the police didn't reply to the complaint makes me think they're burying complaints.
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.
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.
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
Fraud!
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.
They should be locked up for life. They are stealing the little money that these poor people have. Life in prison or death! Either way, KARMA will destroy them!
3500?? I had a T800 kenworth towed and total billed hours of 1 1/2hrs...Know what i was charged? $250
Was it fully loaded and stored overnight in their lot? In Detroit? Too much variables to be an accurate comparison.
gerble36
Yeah you're right.... that overnight parking would definitely add $10,000.
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.
You are a liar no heavy duty truck will do that for 250.
@@trentonhughes7273 he never said the year
2:58 Yes, sir! Thank you for your service, sir!
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.
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).
Sounds like someone should sue the police and that towing company
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.
Is call racketeering and extortion, is a felony charges for the cops involved and the tow company.
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. 😢
yeah the cops r getting a chunk of that I'm sure smh
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
Tow company is in on it with this cop. Cop is on that take on the side !
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.
Govt should never get involved in the towing comp...corrupted FOOLS.
Most tow companies at the scum of the earth.
Some companies should be put out of business. Thank God they have to stand before Him. He is a just judge.
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.
When the companies driver caused the crash that KILLED 3 people... I sure at hell would of charged them more!
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.
There is no way that the cops can justify this . This is criminal , at the very least. I would sue
They can not make you use someone else. Oh and $10,000 grand for a couple miles. It's just CRIMINAL.
The Police Officials get
"Pay Offs" for this Criminal Actions.
The state must be involved to reduce wrecker company's from just showing up on wrecks. Ambulance chasers if you will. However B&T is given special treatment by the city of Detroit and by MSP. That bill is outrageous and completely unjustifiable. It's price gouging and their contract should be revoked! Scammers is what they are. That bill shouldn't have been over $1000.00 no special type of work was done it was a simple heavy duty tow. No Rotator no rollover no winching. You can only charge for what you do with that truck. B&T should be ashamed of themselves for this.
Police is very Likely getting a % of the money from the towing. I think States should make it ILLEGAL for Police or counties to have this sortof stuff.
Cops should have many tow companies they use not just ONE. Get the contract between Cop and Tow company.
"We've been commended for the work, by the way, by MDOT" Yeah government tends to scratch the governments back.
imagine that corrupt government.
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.
If you pause on the bill, you see MULTIPLE tow trucks and fuel surcharges... including a “rollover rescue”... it only too ONE wrecker to hook that truck up and take it away. Hell, I could have DRIVEN that truck out of the wreckage. I think that if MDOT wants to contract towing companies, THEY should also pay the bill... that crap would stop immediately
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
No way in hell I would have paid. That's your truck now. Just give me my cargo
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.
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.
They held the freight hostage plain and simple!
*Sue both towing company and the police dept and see the magic*
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.
Corruption at its best. Right up there with CT, NY and NJ.
Same thing here in Houston Texas
You have to investigate who profits from the towing company contract besides the towing company . Yes rounds of golf ,meals,vacations and free towing counts as payment also free booze . AS always you will find someone is getting compensated .
And now Fiore is charged with bribery in securing his contracts!
I used to work for B&T this does not surprise me after seeing some of their shady practices when I worked there
Hell no. That truck will sit there forever.
WELCOME TO THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, WHERE EVERYONE MAKES MONEY BESIDES THE DRIVERS!!!!! BROKERS RIPS US OFF, INSURANCE, SHOPS, TOWING, REGULATIONS, FUEL, TAXES, AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON AND ON........... AND ALL THIS, IS AT THE TRUCK OWNERS EXPENSE!!!!!!!!!
Trucking company should tell their vendors that they will no longer deliver into the Detroit area.
Cops should have to pay the bill. There is alot of Cops getting kick backs from towing companies.
There's laws that dictate how much they can charge a semi.
difference in opinion being that the government shouldn't be sponsoring a monopoly.