Towing secures a damaged vehicle to his truck.
State law requires towing companies to clean up automobile accident scenes.
This week, readers want to know who is supposed to clean up after an automobile accident and if police are operating a speed trap north of the Airport Connector tunnel. If a tow truck is summoned to the scene of an accident, by law the tow truck operator is responsible for sweeping up the shards of glass, plastic and metal jarred loose in the collision. Frequently that doesn't happen, as Gann observed when driving past a crash recently. Even though the law requires that tow trucks carry brooms, buckets and other equipment for cleanup, some operators are ignorant of their responsibilities, according to Clark Whitney, general manager of Quality Towing. Quality is one of two companies under contract to serve the Metropolitan Police Department.