To Tow Or Not To Tow

Nobody wants to get into an accident but sometimes it just can’t be prevented. Accidents do happen on the road especially in California where traffic is heavy due to the ratio of people and vehicles in the state.

If you are ever involved in an accident, there are a lot of “how to” help tips that you can get in order to instruct you on what to do and what not to do immediately after an accident. Usually, after an accident, you are told not to leave the scene. You are told to call the police as well as paramedics if there are injured persons involved. Aside from this, you are advised to get all the information you can get from the other person involved in the accident like: name, license, registration, insurance information and even witnesses.

However, after the police arrive, taking your statements and the witnesses also if there are any, what do you do then? What do you do if your car is not drivable? Do you ask the police department to tow it? Do you call a towing service to remove your wreckage from the street?

The first thing you should do is call your insurance company. They usually have tow service that could take your vehicle to accredited machine shops. If this doesn’t work, you can ask a tow service to take your vehicle to the nearest car repair shop. However, this will entail you costs for towing and it will take you a longer time to collect from the insurance if the repair shop is not one where they are accustomed to dealing with.

Last resort should be calling the police for towing service. The authorities can tow your car but usually they will take it to the impounding station. You will have to pay towing and warehousing fees for this until you get it towed out of the impound lot.

Remember, get your car towed only if you are sure that the car is not drivable. This will help you save a lot of money and frustration in the end.