rreschran Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 Hi All ... If you haven't seen it yet, three-hours ago, a Lincoln SUV has driven through a containment wall of an Indianapolis parking garage and fell four-floors to the alleyway below. The mishap resulted in a double fatality that's being called and accident. There's raw footage of the recovery with lots and lots of fire personnel on-scene. https://www.wthr.com/article/2-dead-after-car-falls-parking-garage-downtown At the end of the video(1:30), you'll see a flatbed carrier working the rollover. I'm only mentioning this due to the recent forum conversation that carrier's are considered recovery trucks. So, if carriers are recovery trucks, why is a carrier conducting the rollover? Isn't there a bit of confusion on the part of law enforcement, or, is it possible that the original call didn't specific a wrecker? I'd like to send forward a challenge for manufacturer's and tow associations get together with law enforcement to make a change in what truck can and can't do rollovers? I believe that carriers are every bit of a recovery (by definition). The guidelines and protocols that don't allow for the acceptance of carriers as recovery trucks are old and outdated. Besides, the LE community shouldn't tell tow operators what equipment can and can't be sent to incidents. That should be the responsibility of the tow company to send the appropriate truck for the work to be done. R Quote Randall C. Resch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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