Posts by Editorial Staff

Audio Article – Critical Cleanup: Mopping Up Hazardous Material Spills

Critical Cleanup: Mopping Up Hazardous Material Spills from the September 2022 Issue of Tow Times Magazine When tow operators respond to spill accidents involving everything from passenger vehicles and car haulers to large tankers hauling chemicals, a hazardous material (hazmat) leak can threaten the safety of the incident scene and surrounding area. “The majority of…

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Audio Article: Advanced, Digital Alerting Technology for Tow Operator Safety

Advanced, Digital Alerting Technology for Tow Operator Safety from the June 2022 Issue of Tow Times Magazine From the early, single-rotating beacon lights introduced in the 1940s, to today’s sophisticated LED lightbars and strobes, the towing industry has often relied on advanced warning technology first-introduced for police and fire agencies. Traditional advanced warning devices —…

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Audio Article: Women of Towing – Sue Moreland

Woman of Towing from the May 2022 Issue of Tow Times Magazine Featuring Sue Moreland of the Indiana Towing and Wrecker Association out of Indianapolis, IN Sue Moreland seems to fly under the radar, but she leaves a mark – gets things done – wherever she goes. She is the first female president of the…

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COVID-19 Resource Page

Tow Times has launched a collective resource page with federal, state and webinar links to help in this difficult time. Click the “COVID-19” tab in the navigation or click here to access the page. If you are a representative of your state association and you have posted some state specific resources please reach out to…

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Check Out the Tow Business Podcast Season 4

Season 4 Episodes Available through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn and more Episodes: 1. Top 10 things — good and bad — about the towing industry in 2020 (2/2/20) 2. Towing apps and the future of the towing industry — interview with HONK (2/16/20) 3. Driver tips for a better and more productive day (3/1/20) 4.…

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Vote on Waze Slow Down-Move Over Warning

The towing community has an opportunity to weigh in on an initiative involving the GPS navigation platform Waze to warn motorists to slow down-move over due to emergency responders – police cars, tow trucks, ambulances – up ahead. As of press time, nearly 3,000 votes had been cast, with voters leaving over 160 comments in…

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Blame It on the Weather

I haven’t gotten anything done on my to do list today. Frustration has set in and I just want to go home. Not sure who or what to blame so I am blaming it on the weather, which is in the 90s with humidity so high you just sit and sweat. If you’re in a state…

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WTRAA Scholarship Committee Announces 2019 WTRAA Scholarship Recipients

The Women of the Towing & Recovery Association of America (WTRAA) is an auxiliary organization for the Towing & Recovery Association of American (TRAA).  Since 1990, under the TRAA Education Foundation, the WTRAA Scholarship Fund Committee has awarded scholarships to students affiliated with the towing and recovery industry. The WTRAA Scholarship Committee has announced and…

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Daimler Trucks North America Announces New Customer Experience Organization, Appoints Chief Officer

Daimler Trucks North America LLC (DTNA) has created a new Customer Experience (CX) organization and named Paul Romanaggi as Chief CX Officer. DTNA launched its CX transformation in 2017 with the creation of a Customer Experience Day. During the now-annual event, employees and customers from across North America are brought together to brainstorm solutions to…

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Florida Roadside Assistance Ranger Injured in Roadside Crash

The driver of a Florida State Farm roadside assistance tow truck and a stranded motorist were involved in a crash on the Howard Franklin Bridge that joins St. Petersburg to Tampa. Adam Lopez, 29, of Tampa had pulled over to assist a motorist with a disabled vehicle when the approaching driver of a tractor-trailer swerved…

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