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Moving to NC
by Ken- 1 follower
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So recently my wife and I decided to make the move from the crazy housing market we live in (RI/MA) and move to NC. I currently work for AAA Northeast as a Roll back and just wanted to get a feel for the water down there. Oddly enough AAA Northeast and AAA Carolinas don't do transfers so I am kind of left to see what happens when I move down there. Anyone know of or work with AAA in NC that maybe could toss me some info we were looking at the Jacksonville area but depending on jobs that may change.
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This was the narrative on the YouTube Channel: 421 south about the 181 near siler city NC... sitting in a traffic jam for about an hour as they had the road closed down due to this accident. Big truck on the right shoulder Was stuck oversized tow truck at the end of the video was on the shoulder helping him out and the van hit the rear left of the tow truck and rolled. Van messed up the tow trucks bumper and wheels so now they need three tow trucks. Slow down and move over people.
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Mr. Ford Martin "Pike" Stewart, 88, of Mooresville, departed this life Monday, Nov, 23, 2020, at his residence. "Pike," as he was called, was the proud owner of "Pike's BP" Service Station, in Mooresville, for 52 years. Daniel Johnson of Ultimate Towing said he’s hoping to have a tow truck tribute to Pike at the service and is asking all tow truck drivers to join him. Hardworking, loyal, dedicated, genuine and true friend are just a few of the words that describe Ford Martin Stewart, otherwise known as “Pike” to his friends, by some who can lay claim to calling him friend for decades. …
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Trying to find the court case where NC was sued over holds placed on vehicles and was ordered to pay storage.
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Charlotte tow truck driver accused of pepper spraying customer for third time CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A Charlotte tow truck driver already on thin ice with the North Carolina Attorney General, has been accused of pepper-spraying a customer, again. David Satterfield is facing a simple assault charge for pepper-spraying a man while he was towing his car. Satterfield is already facing a lawsuit from the North Carolina Attorney General’s Office for price gouging during the pandemic. Alfred Webb admits he was parked in the fire lane but says he was sitting in a friend’s car right behind his when David Satterfield showed up to the Silverston…
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AAA urges motorists to “Slow Down, Move Over” following recent crashes involving tow truck operators in the Carolinas CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WNCT) – Following recent crashes involving tow truck operators in the area, AAA Carolinas of The Auto Club Group is urging motorists to “Slow Down, Move Over” to help protect emergency workers and law enforcement who are providing assistance to those in need on the roadside. “Our roadside assistance crews, law enforcement and other emergency personnel risk their lives every day when they pull over alongside moving traffic to help someone in need and we must to do our part to protect them,” said George Figueiredo, Vice Pres…
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Wake County, N.C. — While investigating a crash on Interstate 40, a state trooper's car was struck by another car Saturday night. A car involved in a previous crash was disabled in the highway near Aviation Parkway and had to be moved with a tow truck. One trooper was training another when a car driven by Sydney Neilson Torrel, 28, of Southern Pines, struck the squad car from behind. Torrel was charged with driving while impaired, reckless driving, misdemeanor child abuse, a child restraint violation and failure to reduce speed. State Highway Patrol officials said a 5-year-old girl was in Tor…
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Tennessee man arrested in Lexington after high speed chase on Wednesday A Tennessee man has been arrested after a multi-county high speed chase in a rollback tow truck that ended at the Lexington Golf Course on Wednesday morning. According to Trooper Ned Moultrie with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, at 8:48 a.m. Wednesday a Highway Patrol trooper attempted a traffic stop on U.S. Highway 601 in Davie County. The tow truck driver failed to stop and a chase ensued into Rowan County and then Davidson County. The vehicle continued down U.S. Highway 64 into Lexington on Center Street to Weaver Drive into the country club a…
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05.03.2020: A Charcoal Gray Dodge 5500 Wrecker was STOLEN from Fulp’s Wrecker Service on Patterson Ave in Winston Salem, NC. No Details other then this Police-Chase occurred somewhere between Mooresville and Salsbury, North Carolina No Resource Link (Video credit to Terry Morton of Kannapolis, NC)
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NC Attorney General now investigating 'predatory' towing practices against truckers Trucks delivering essential goods get booted Fox 46 is working to get results for truckers who are being booted and fined by local towing companies. CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The complaints keep rolling in. “Predatory towing has been a problem. It’s not new to this particular crisis,” said Tyler Hayes with C.R. England, a refrigerated trucking company based in Utah. “But it looks like it’s really taking off as a cottage industry in Charlotte.” Attorney General Josh Stein is now investigating five complaints of tow truck c…
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Charlotte, NC – North Carolina authorities are investigating two recent incidents of suspected predatory towing and price gouging of big rigs. Transportation Nation Network (TNN) has confirmed North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is investigating two instances last week in which truckers faced a boot removal fee of $3,000 or more. TNN first reported on Friday that trucker Donald Spellings, of Radcliff, KY, had his big rig, which was loaded with 80 cases of Dasani water, booted while in a Walmart parking lot early last Thursday morning. Spellings drives for Auburn, KY-based Downey Trucking and was awakened at approximately 12:30 a.…
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JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- One person was killed in a five-vehicle crash in Johnston County early Friday morning. According to North Carolina State Highway Patrol officers, a silver car crashed on Highway 70 around 5:45 a.m. The car blocked several lanes of Highway 70, but did not have its lights on after crashing. Two cars, a silver truck and a white tow truck tried to swerve around the car, but the tow truck hit the car, causing it to spin into the truck. A fourth car, driven by Lahoma Ruth Arthur, then hit the first car. Then, officers said a Sheetz gas tanker hit the driver-side door of Arthur's car. Arthur was killed in the crash. The driver of the f…
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NO DETAILS AT THIS TIME.
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RESOURCE LINK with video
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A crash on U.S. Highway 70 seriously injured one person and sent a tow truck into a building Friday morning. The State Highway Patrol said a pickup truck ran a stop sign in Princeton and clipped the tow truck. The pickup truck ran off the road and into a ditch. The driver was ejected from the pickup truck and was taken to WakeMed with serious injuries. The tow truck spun and slammed into J.A. Distributors, a gift shop. The driver of the tow truck was not injured. The building was deemed unsafe, the State Highway Patrol said. Lois Art…
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Tow truck driver arrested for trying to tow SUV with man still inside, shooting him during argument DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A tow truck operator shot a man in the chest and then cut him with a knife during an argument about towing the man's SUV, according to Durham Police Department. Officers said the tow truck driver, Brandon Ayscue, was trying to tow a vehicle around 4:15 a.m. at Duke Manor Apartments on South Lasalle Street. The vehicle owner was still inside the SUV when Ayscue arrived and started to tow it, according to police. The SUV owner started arguing with Ayscue, who pulled out a gun and shot the man in the chest. The two continued arguing …
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Vehicle towing prompts fight, shooting at Durham apartment complex DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A confrontation between a vehicle owner and a tow truck driver turned ugly at a Durham apartment complex on Friday morning. Durham police officers said a tow truck driver was trying to tow a vehicle around 4:15 at Duke Manor Apartments on Lasalle Street. The vehicle owner, a man, approached the tow truck operator and a fight ensued. The tow truck operator shot the vehicle owner once, according to police. The tow truck operator then called 911 from the parking lot. ABC11 crews saw the vehicle owner conscious and alert before being taken to the hospital. Police …
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CHESTERFIELD, Va. - A tow truck was called to the scene of a Tractor-Trailer crash which occurred early Friday Nov. 8, 2019. But the tow truck flipped over when trying to get the tractor-trailer upright. No further details.
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Hunter Auto & Wrecker Service has put its 6-acre assemblage along North Davidson Street, between Belmont Avenue and East 15th Street, on the market. RESOURCE LINK
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This roll back was one of those vehicles involved in a crash. Before 9 a.m., a tow truck hydroplaned and struck the concrete median barrier on I 40 near Rock Quarry Road. The owner of the wrecker company said the driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries. It was the first time in 15 years one of his trucks was involved in an accident, he said. RESOURCE LINK
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In a statement released by Tow Times 10.16.19: Congratulations to Belinda Harris of Ray Harris Towing of North Carolina for being honored with the 2019 Dave Jones Leadership Award, whose winner is selected each year by the Dave Jones family. Harris is pictured here with son Jamie Jones. "Such a wonderful family to consider me worthy of this award. I am truly humbled."
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Tow Truck Sideswiped after stooping for previous accident. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WNCN) – A man was charged in connection with a string of crashed on Interstate 40 westbound that snarled traffic in Orange County Monday morning. The first in the series of wrecks was a van rear-ending a tractor-trailer around 5:30 a.m. near exit 270. A tow truck driver stopped to possibly offer assistance. The truck was sideswiped by a Chevrolet SUV, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Three other vehicles merged into the right lane to avoid the two crashes. Christopher Sload, 50, of Spring Hope, was driving a box truck for Bass Farms Sausag…
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Experts say: If this happens to you, the best thing you can do is get video and call the police. GASTONIA, N.C. — "What are you guys doing?" An SUV parked legally in its designated spot at a Gastonia apartment complex. So how did it wind up hoisted up on a tow truck? "I've lived in this complex for four years, why is this happening now?" asked Anthony Spano, the vehicle's owner, as he want toe to toe in a recorded video. "It was just very aggressive, very violent," Brianna Gaisser said after witnessing the altercation involving her boyfriend. A guy who says he's the owner of RPM Towing and Recovery can be heard on the recordi…
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Man charged after ramming deputy’s car, crashing into tow truck in Mt. Pleasant chase MT. PLEASANT, N.C. (WBTV) - A man faces charges after officials say he rammed a deputy’s car and crashed into a tow truck during a chase in Mt. Pleasant Friday afternoon. According to the Stanly County Sheriff’s Office, the chase started in Stanly County and ended in Cabarrus County. The chase began just outside of Albemarle on Highway 73 at 1:47 p.m. and went on for about 16 miles. During the chase, officials say the suspect rammed one of the sheriff’s department’s vehicles. The deputy was no…
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July, 20, 2005: TOW TRUCK OPERATOR KILLED IN ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT A Williamston man was killed after driving a wrecker into several trees on NC Highway 99 near Plymouth monday morning. Stanley Smallwood Jr., 22, was operating a wrecker belonging to Roy's Service Center in Windsor where he worked part-time while attending college at night. Smallwood died at the scene. He leaves behind a wife and small child. The accident occurred approximately 10:15 a.m. According the the NC State Highway Patrol, it looked like he ran off the right side of the road and then came back on and ran off of the left side into several trees. There were no witnesses to the…
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What has changed since 2003? NC has a new law that became effective 10/01/2003, The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 20- 77(d) reads as rewritten: (d) An operator of a place of business for garaging, repairing, parking or storing vehicles for the public in which a vehicle remains unclaimed for 10 days, or the landowners upon, whose property a motor vehicle has-been abandoned for more than 30 days, shall, within five days after the expiration of that period, report the vehicle as unclaimed to the Division. Failure to make such report shall constitute a Class 3 misdemeanor. Persons who are required to make this report and who f…
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A Greensboro towing company driver has been featured in a news story about North Carolina’s move over law. The story, on Fox8 of High Point, N.C., details how Tony Williams was hit on the roadside five years ago and survived the ordeal, and how the North Carolina DOT is promoting awareness of the law this week in conjunction with National Peace Officers Memorial Day. Williams now educates the motoring public about the move over law. See the full story here. View the full article and more on TowTimes.com
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$250K Lottery Win Leads to Hollerin', Tears and Jubilation For Burlington Couple Jerry Hughes says him and his girlfriend Donna will use the money to take a cruise, go to Hawaii and place into savings. BURLINGTON, N.C. — A Burlington man says some good karma led him to a $250,000 lottery win last weekend. Jerry Hughes and his girlfriend Donna were riding their motorcycles in the Duffy Charity Ride on Saturday when they stopped for gas. Hughes bought four 20X The Cash tickets at Huff's Interstate on East Maple Avenue in Burlington. Just before the ride started back up, Hughes scratched the first ticket and saw he had won. A celebr…
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