Apparently, these people are completely unaware of the generous "campaign donations" made by these towers. It's always been bad but even Steve Goodman wrote a song about the Chicago thieves running this racket.

https://youtu.be/dE5HtTxxJRM

I think in TX it used to be “first wrecker there, got the tow”. That may have backed off, because the tow trucks drove like madmen racing to accidents.

Frankly, I was irritated in Charleston with the tow companies.

A) They prefer to boot, and get $75 rather than tow.
B) They will neither tow nor boot a car if some a—-hole puts a patch in the dash which says “POLICE”…

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Originally posted by Aglifter:
I think in TX it used to be “first wrecker there, got the tow”. That may have backed off, because the tow trucks drove like madmen racing to accidents.

It was true in 1980 give or take when I worked TV news in Houston. Three classes of vehicles had free reins back then -- E-tag wreckers, cabs and news vehicles. It was like floating on a cloud .