Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 595 - Department of Public Safety › Chapter 25 - Wreckers and Towing Services › Subchapter 9 - Oklahoma Highway Patrol Rotation Log - Additional Requirements › Section 595:25-9-2 - Operator requirements

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
Operators on the Rotation Log shall comply with the
				  following:
(1) When more than one (1)
				vehicle is towed on one (1) call, each tow shall be counted as another call to
				that operator.
(2) When an operator
				receives a request for services from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and no
				services are rendered, the operator shall not lose position on the Rotation
				Log.
(3) If an operator has
				received a request for services, but does not respond to the scene within a
				reasonable length of time, including but not limited to such factors as
				distance from the scene, weather, and nature of the collision or traffic
				tie-up, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol may request the services of the next
				operator on the Rotation Log. Under these circumstances, the operator who
				receives the first request shall lose position on the Rotation Log.
(4) When an emergency condition exists, the
				Oklahoma Highway Patrol reserves the right to request the services of any
				appropriately equipped and licensed wrecker service best able to handle the
				emergency and can reach the scene in the shortest time, regardless of the
				operator 's position on the Rotation Log. Said call shall count as a call on
				the Rotation Log.
(5) Only one (1)
				wrecker service shall be approved for Highway Patrol rotation at any one place
				of business and/or storage facility, unless otherwise approved by the
				Commissioner.
(6) Wrecker services
				shall respond to Highway Patrol requests only in a wrecker vehicle licensed to
				the requested wrecker service, unless otherwise approved by the
				Commissioner.
(7) Every wrecker
				service on the Highway Patrol Rotation Log shall maintain twenty-four (24) hour
				service.
(8) A wrecker service
				called from the Highway Patrol Rotation Log shall not accept a request for
				services unless the operator has a vehicle immediately available to perform the
				requested service.
(9) Each
				operator shall require each driver responding to a request to maintain the
				appropriate driver license for the type vehicle being operated.
(10) Each operator shall require each driver
				to obey in good faith the rules of the road.
(11) Each operator shall prohibit any known
				thief or felon from loitering, visiting, or otherwise being on the premises of
				the place of business or any storage facility of the wrecker service.
(12) Every operator shall accept
				each Oklahoma Highway Patrol call unless there exists a valid reason for
				refusal. Upon acceptance of a call an operator shall advise dispatch of their
				current location and estimated time of arrival.
(13) Each operator shall provide service for
				a minimum of seventy-five (75%) percent of the requests made by the Highway
				Patrol to be computed on a quarterly basis. Failure to meet this standard for
				any reason shall be grounds for removal from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol
				Rotation Log.
(14) Any Class AA
				wrecker operator who uses an answering service as a means of dispatch and who
				fails to properly respond in a timely manner, as determined by the Commissioner
				's designee of the Wrecker Services Division, to a rotation call request may
				have the Class AA license revoked for failure to properly respond to rotation
				call requests. The operator shall not be licensed as a Class AA wrecker service
				while utilizing the same answering service as a means of dispatch.
(15) Persons responding to calls must be able
				to speak and understand the English language.
(16) A wrecker operator shall respond to law
				enforcement agencies ' wrecker service requests with a wrecker vehicle and
				operator capable of efficiently uprighting an overturned vehicle, pulling or
				winching a vehicle back onto the roadway, lifting a vehicle off a victim, or
				assisting with opening a vehicle to extricate a victim. In addition, the
				wrecker vehicle shall be equipped to remove a disabled vehicle without
				inflicting further damage to the disabled vehicle.
(17) If two or more vehicles are involved in
				a collision and two or more wrecker services are called the following shall
				apply:
(A) The first wrecker service arriving
				at the scene will tow the vehicle causing the greatest traffic hazard, which
				shall be determined by the investigating officer.
(B) If a requested wrecker service is first
				on scene, said wrecker service will assist in removing the vehicle causing the
				traffic hazard from roadway, then will proceed to pick up the vehicle it has
				been requested to tow.