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Originally Posted by Yardjass
Things must work differently up there then. Here, tow truck drivers are responsible for any damage resulting from improper towing regardless of the reason they hooked up to the car, and they carry insurance that will cover them for it.
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No doubt the rules are different in all sorts of places. They would only be responsible for willful neglect here when towing for illegal parking. That means if any damage is caused through pulling the car out of a space while using "normal" practices they are not responsible. Say they hook up too the proper points on the frame too pull the car and the chain slips and pulls off the bumper. They are not libel for that as it was not willful. If they took a hammer and smashed the window, wrapped the chain around the B pillar and pulled the car then they would be libel since it is now willful and not an accepted practice. Now, I need to be clear that these are the rules for towing illegally parked cars. For normal customer contracted towing they are indeed responsible no matter what and do carry insurance for any damage they cause.
I worked for a parking enforcement towing company for about two weeks when I got out of the Army. I couldn't do it anymore since they were shady as hell and I felt bad when they were scamming people instead of just doing the legit jobs.