Oh boy did this guy have a bad day yesterday. An unknown tow truck driver responded to a crash on a mountain road where a driver had rolled their car up onto its side. The driver had two jobs here. He had to (a) get the car back down on all four tires and (b) then tow it to a repair shop or an impound yard for insurance people to look at it. This is one of those good news/bad news situations. He successfully completed task A but added “have car roll off road into a ravine” to the equation before he could complete task B.
Seriously, we feel bad for this dude but when you watch this whole thing happen, you can’t help but laugh. It looks like the cable that was going to keep the Mazda from rolling away came unhooked when the car flopped over. He almost tries to grab the car as it rolls away, but stops before killing himself. Like everyone else, he watches the econobox flop over the edge and go completely out of sight. The dude’s body language after seeing the car head into what seems like a tree-lined moon crater pretty much says it all. He wanted to jump in there on top of it.
The way that car was bashed in needing big time roof repair, fenders, and whatever else replaced, it may have been a write off anyway, but you know the car owner is going to go after that tow truck company for some serious dough. “Hey, it wasn’t THAT BAD before it rolled off the effing cliff!” You can hear ’em saying it.
Thanks for the tip Ron Ward!
BEWARE! THE CAR OWNER BLURTS OUT THE EFF WORD AS HER CAR IS HEADING INTO THE ABYSS!!! IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY THIS, WATCHING FROM A CHURCH PEW, DRIVING A LOAD OF NUNS, PLAYING BINGO WITH NED FLANDERS, OR COMBING YOUR GRANDMOTHER’S HAIR WHILE VIEWING….TURN THE VOLUME DOWN!
on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLas5CHwFWM
when i worked for socal auto club i had some very strange/bizarre winch outs and tow calls ranging from cars/trucks ending up in very strange places !!! , But my favorite calls were always roll over calls
rule #1 during a Roll over recovery is to always set the E-brake , and if truck is equipped with dual winches use one for the recovery and the other as a safety to keep the roll over vehicle from moving
It’s a write off.
With “crumple zones”, air bag deployment, and so many integrated parts, I’ve seen where a light tap has created enough replacement cost damage for the insurance companies to scrap a vehicle.
The rule of thumb is that if you do 60% of the total value damage to the car then it will be totaled
friend of my daughter had a little bingle at the lights, damaged a fender slightly and broke the light – it was assessed as a write off because of all the apparently unseen damage…
That tow truck driver did that guy a favor …
What hurts the most is been on video, and going viral!!!
I’m sure the car owner might consider pressing charges, but really…that car was totalled before the wrecker ever arrived on-scene. That IS a twin-winch boom, should’ve had the other winch rigged as a “stop”…I’m thinking that driver was called into the dispatch office muy pronto after this and likely given the opportunity to ply his trade elsewhere.
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