| A tow truck company is a simple concept. The main | | | | back from these yards entails paying a fee. These |
| purpose of a tow truck company is to move disabled | | | | fees can be fairly expensive and usually range from |
| vehicles at the request of their owners or the owner | | | | the low $50 dollar range to upwards $100 to $200 |
| administrator of a property. In urban area or apartment | | | | dollars. It also depends on the amount of days the tow |
| complexes tow truck companies operate to control | | | | truck company has your vehicle on their premises. |
| illegal parking by owners who don't follow posted | | | | Most yards charge a storage fee per day. This could |
| regulations or parking rules. In these cases areas in | | | | be another $20 to $50 dollars per day. After a while |
| question have limited space for parking and they | | | | the fee can become very expensive. If the car is |
| reserve the right to allow people to park only if they | | | | never retrieved a lien is put on the vehicle by the tow |
| pay for a space or allow people to park in spaces at | | | | company at the Department Of Motor Vehicles. If the |
| certain times. If either of these rules are violated it is | | | | lien is not paid off the tow company will file with the |
| the right of the owner to have the vehicles towed off | | | | local courts for ownership of the vehicle. Once |
| the premises. In these cases the owner has | | | | ownership is obtained the cars are either auctioned off |
| contracted in advance with a towing company to | | | | or scrapped for spare parts. |
| service their lots. The property owner will provide signs | | | | Emergency Services is another way that tow truck |
| to patrons as to how to retain their vehicles once they | | | | companies work. If you vehicle is disabled on the |
| have been towed. | | | | highway and you don't have a means to remove it or |
| Towing yards are fortified prisons for vehicles. The | | | | you are just to disoriented to solve the towing issue |
| yards are usually gated with bob wire surrounding the | | | | emergency services will have the car towed for you. |
| property deterring vehicles owners from jumping the | | | | Owners of towing companies contract with operations |
| fence to get their car back. The yards also employ | | | | like triple A and police organizations to tow disabled |
| automatic fences and state of the art video | | | | vehicles off the highway. Triple A is an organization |
| surveillance to guard against intruders. At night, guard | | | | that participants pay a yearly access fee to be able to |
| dogs are release to further deter prowlers from | | | | have access to emergency vehicle services. In times |
| stepping foot on the yards premises. Getting your car | | | | of need this organization is very helpful. |