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SDMO Gear Launches New Site for Products
By SDMO Gear, LLC In September, SDMO Gear, LLC announced the launch of its new online store offering fresh designs in Slow Down Move Over-branded items to consumers. SDMO Gear is dedicated to generating public awareness of the dangers emergency responders and others face on the nation’s roadways and to educating motorists about the existence…
Read MoreSDMO Gear Launches New Site for Products
By SDMO Gear, LLC In September, SDMO Gear, LLC announced the launch of its new online store offering fresh designs in Slow Down Move Over-branded items to consumers. SDMO Gear is dedicated to generating public awareness of the dangers emergency responders and others face on the nation’s roadways and to educating motorists about the existence…
Read MorePWOF Members Participate in Preserving the Past
Fourteen drivers from 11 Professional Wrecker Operators of Florida (PWOF) member companies donated their time and equipment to help move 32 antique horse-drawn carriages on Wednesday, July 25. PWOF Executive Director Mike Seamon and member Bob Cortes coordinated the move with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Department and additional local law enforcement. Seminole County, Florida, resident…
Read MoreCorpus Christi Texas Police Conduct Move Over Enforcement
The Corpus Christi, Texas, police department issued 36 tickets and impounded one vehicle during a special enforcement operation of the state’s move over law on Monday, July 15. The two-hour operation was assisted by Apollo Towing Services of Corpus Christi. Texas law requires drivers to move over a lane for emergency vehicles that includes police,…
Read MoreCome Face to Face With OOIDA at the Summit
The Towing & Recovery Management Summit, hosted by Tow Times magazine, has invited Mike Matousek, director of government affairs at the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), to be the main guest at this year’s closing session. Matousek will discuss OOIDA’s national campaign for increased government oversight of the pricing practices of the non-consensual segment of the towing industry. Under Matousek, OOIDA has aggressively…
Read MoreRaising the Bar
What’s needed to raise the bar of professionalism in the towing and recovery industry? What will it take to raise the standards of quality or the motoring public’s expectations our industry? My first thought would be education and communication. I had a lively discussion with a fellow tower about training and the three levels of TRAA certification.…
Read MoreMichigan Tow Operators Honor Nader Chehadi
Tow companies from across Michigan gathered to honor Nader Chehadi, 42, who died May 29, 2018, when he was struck by an SUV as he assisted a disabled school bus on the shoulder of I-94 in Pittsfield Township, Mich. Chehadi’s co-workers at Ypsilanti’s Budget and Stadium Towing were among the tow operators and responders who…
Read More“Spotter” Ban Would Have Minimal Effect, Ohio Association Says
As Ohio lawmakers consider a ban on the state’s towing companies using “spotters” to when removing or impounding illegally-parked vehicles, some Ohio towing companies say the impact would be minimal as the practice is not widely used. Under House Bill 113, towing companies that violate the ban would face a third-degree misdemeanor, a fine up…
Read MoreSome States Focus on Move Over Violators
Photo Credit: Charlie Deets Several towing-related bills have popped up in legislatures across the country, and at least three proposals are connected to Move Over laws from New Hampshire to West Virginia. Towing operators increasingly are critical of Move Over laws and enforcement, stating: they don’t do enough to protect tow truck drivers or operators…
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