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From: DaleP on 25 Mar 2010 17:48 Peter wrote: > > What is the deal with allocated towing?? > > As others have mentioned, the "Towing Directorate" which controls tow truck licencing has a system in place called "Accident Allocation". Any vehicle involved in any form of collision (Anything from hitting a pothole or rock, to a full blown multi-vehicle pile-up) that is within 2 kms of the original accident scene can only be towed by a commercial towing company if that towing company has been allocated the job. It is illegal for another commercial towing company to attend and tow from an accident scene. The costs are fixed rates, regardless of the company that gets the job. All accident towing licenced companies get a series of allocated numbers on a rotating system. When an accident tow is required the system selects the next allocation number close to the scene (There's a requirement that allocated trucks get to the scene within 30 min from when they're called) and the corresponding depot gets called out. The whole system was put in place to stop the towies fighting over the jobs and acting like vultures, parked at black spots waiting for prangs. This applies in Melbourne metro, as well as the Mornington Penninsula and Geelong. If you have driven or towed the vehicle more than 2 kms from the scene (and remember in Victoria it's illegal to tow with a rope), then you can employ any commercial towing company at whatever rate they decide to charge. Cheers, Dale. -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: DaleP on 25 Mar 2010 18:08 DaleP wrote: > > Oh, and as an addition to all that, the towie was probably pissed off that his allocated number was effectively wasted by being called upon and then the tow being knocked back. He would now have a fight on his hands to get his number reassigned/credited to him from the Directorate. That's why he would have argued the point in a desperate bid to not lose his number and lose out on getting paid for his time. Cheers, Dale. -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: DaleP on 25 Mar 2010 19:20 George W Frost wrote: > > http://fat.ly/bspmw > I'm not clear whether "An accident scene extends for two kilometres > from the site of the accident" only in regional Vic or in the > Controlled area too. > > Base Fee (includes first 8 kilometres travel by tow > truck) $168.45 > Additional per Kilometre Fee (for travel beyond the first 8 > kilometres) $2.65 > After Hours Surcharge (before 8 am/after 5pm + W/ > E) $57.55 > > That is enough to make you get back on. > > ***************** > > Sorry, forgot the . in the middle of $25, should have been $2.50 > > The 2 km radius from the scene is for the "controlled area". Also, the first 8 kms is usually calculated from the attending depot, not from the accident scene. Cheers, Dale. -- Posted at www.usenet.com.au
From: Nev.. on 25 Mar 2010 20:14 On Mar 25, 8:30 am, VTR250 <goo...(a)m-streeter.demon.co.uk> wrote: > I'm not seeing some posts from Nev and possible George (Google > Groups). I presume you are posting into a forum that leeches a feed > from Usenet but doesn't actually put the replies back (are you on > ADVrider?) What's a forum? My BBS lets me post to usenet using its fidonet UUCP connection. Fast as. I can see some articles posted less than 48hrs ago! It's the future of internetworking dude, jump on board! Nev..
From: George W Frost on 25 Mar 2010 23:20
"DaleP" <ZGFsZXNqZXdlbGxlcnlAZ21haWwuY29t(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au> wrote in message news:hogr4g$i12$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > George W Frost wrote: >> > http://fat.ly/bspmw >> I'm not clear whether "An accident scene extends for two kilometres >> from the site of the accident" only in regional Vic or in the >> Controlled area too. >> >> Base Fee (includes first 8 kilometres travel by tow >> truck) $168.45 >> Additional per Kilometre Fee (for travel beyond the first 8 >> kilometres) $2.65 >> After Hours Surcharge (before 8 am/after 5pm + W/ >> E) $57.55 >> >> That is enough to make you get back on. >> >> ***************** >> >> Sorry, forgot the . in the middle of $25, should have been $2.50 >> >> > > The 2 km radius from the scene is for the "controlled area". Also, the > first 8 kms is usually calculated from the attending depot, not from the > accident scene. > > Cheers, > Dale. At the time of my incident, I was stopped directly outside the towing firms office, I went in and enquired about being towed home, that is when I got all the information from the manager, the girl behind the desk and the towie and it all corresponded with each version. I will add here, for the ones who cannot see the wood for the trees, Thanks G-S, thanks for trying to explain, it appears that only you was able to tell that I was in a country town. |