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From: Peter on 26 Mar 2010 01:07 >> >> > > 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. > Thanks all and yes, he was pissed off. I would have been happy to pay if only he provided service rather than a sneer and a grin when telling me I didn't have a choice. He was wrong, twice. The other guys pushed their car away as well though not sure how it is goingto work out for them as the house they pushed it to was lucky if it was 200 meters away from the scnene of the accident. :-P
From: Lars Chance on 26 Mar 2010 08:07 DaleP wrote: > 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. > I would've thought the very fact that the OP agreed to have the police call for the tow negated his ability to subsequently refuse. Assuming the towie was charging "scale" I think he had every right to recover the cost from the crasher. -- Elsie.
From: Peter on 26 Mar 2010 09:13 >> >> 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. >> > I would've thought the very fact that the OP agreed to have the police > call for the tow negated his ability to subsequently refuse. > Assuming the towie was charging "scale" I think he had every right to > recover the cost from the crasher. > Yes the police did ask if we all wanted a tow and we all said yes. This was after I had arrived and assesed what was going on but when the tow truck driver arrived and started telling everyone what he was doing and running of figures with a dirty smile I thought I had done enough "cooling off"? :-P
From: TimC on 26 Mar 2010 11:57 On 2010-03-25, DaleP (aka Bruce) was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea: > 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. Or spilling some diesel onto an intersection and then waiting around the corner. -- TimC You know, if there's one thing that science needs more of, it's unlabelled graphs of random squiggles drawn by spastic chimps. -- Kibo
From: Peter on 26 Mar 2010 16:44
>> >> 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. > > Or spilling some diesel onto an intersection and then waiting around > the corner. > I now remember the cards, calendars and magnets they would give out with the promise to pay a callers fee ($50?) if you called and they got the job for a crash... I could not see that system working now as it wouldn't be just the guys with the trucks making money out of accidents. :-P |