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A tow truck (also called a wrecker, a breakdown truck, recovery vehicle or a breakdown lorry) is a truck used to move disabled, improperly parked, impounded, or otherwise indisposed motor vehicles. This may involve recovering a vehicle damaged in an accident, returning one to a drivable surface in a mishap or inclement weather, or towing or ...
A truck towing another truck. Piggy bank: An armored car. Portable barn A livestock truck. Portable parking lot/Rolling parking lot A tractor/trailer loaded with new or used cars, a car carrier trailer. Pregnant roller skate A Volkswagen Beetle. Pumpkin/Pumpkin roller A Schneider National tractor/trailer. Reefer
This section refers specifically to the laws of various countries regarding the towing of a car or truck by a specialty wrecker or tow truck. The towing sector is known to have substantial potential for abuse, as towing most often occurs in difficult situations, with the person requiring towing having only a small number of towing companies to ...
Truck arrester bed. See runaway truck ramp. Truck driver, trucker or truckie, lorry driver, or driver A person who earns a living by driving a truck. Truck route A bypass designed for heavy truck traffic. Trumpet interchange An interchange commonly used where one highway terminates at another highway; resembles the bell of a trumpet. Turbo-T
Drivers race on the apron at Chicagoland Speedway (the area between the white and yellow lines). aero cover See wheel shroud. air jacks Pneumatic cylinders strategically mounted to the frame near the wheels of a racing car, which project downwards to lift the car off the ground during a pit stop to allow for quick tire changes or provide mechanics access to the underside of the car for repairs.
The fatal strike happened on Clarkson Avenue in East Flatbush after a 30-year-old tow truck driver arrived around 8:45 p.m. to remove a car parked illegally, according to police.
Used mainly with commercial vehicles, which often have a towing eye in the front bumper. In the case of cars and light vans, the towing vehicle can be used for braking, if the bar is kept straight. With commercial vehicles, it is common to connect an air feed to the casualty to allow the tow vehicle's brakes to also operate the casualty's brakes.
Ben Dankert works as a Toronto tow truck driver picking up illegally parked cars. His family is in financial trouble with his wife using food banks and his son being bullied for being poor. Meanwhile, Ben's tow truck competitors make big money as "chasers", racing to accidents and exploiting the victims with tolls, and add-on services.