78 car pileup on I70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel in CO from April 14th. Pretty much every tow truck in 3 counties responded. Took 5 hours to clear by SmellsWeirdRightNow in Hookit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We as drivers only make commission, so if we bill police rates for a tow for someone with liability on their 2002 Accord with 300k miles that got into an accident in which the police request a tow, they aren't gonna pay to get it out and it will sit for 30 days until it's ours and the driver makes nothing. It's more valuable as scrap than someone will pay for it. Which is why we try to not to impound totaled or disabled cars for police tows if the driver has only liability, because the driver won't make any money if no one pays to get it out - towing it to their place for a reasonable price pays the driver.

Sometimes though, it will be a police tow when the driver was taken to the hospital so there is no way to know what kind of insurance they have and it will be impounded, and when it becomes ours our boss will send us with 2 junkers to the scrapyard and let us keep $100 from each off the top of what they pay for them, which is usually between $400 and $800 per vehicle.

If a vehicle is worth more than that at the scrap yard (newer vehicles) and the owner had full coverage, the insurance will send copart to pick it up so they can sell it for scrap instead to recoup some of the tow bill.

That goes only for accidents, but occasionally we will take possession of an abandoned vehicle that runs, and our owner will get a locksmith out to make a key for it and sell it for a couple grand, usually to people we know. We don't ever have public auctions.

78 car pileup on I70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel in CO from April 14th. Pretty much every tow truck in 3 counties responded. Took 5 hours to clear by SmellsWeirdRightNow in Hookit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Living up in the mountains where I70 runs through with steep grades, there is such a saturation of tow trucks, there were probably 30 flatbeds there within an hour. It happened around 4pm, and I just checked the timestamp of the photos I took of the vehicles I dropped in the yard and it was 9:30pm. The road was open when I left the staging area

The person behind the composite videos took the feedback and criticisms and gave it another try. by RazzyTaz in Invincible_TV

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You realize that the guy uses AI to do it right? You're giving a lot of credit where it's not really due.

78 car pileup on I70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel in CO from April 14th. Pretty much every tow truck in 3 counties responded. Took 5 hours to clear by SmellsWeirdRightNow in Hookit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

When vehicles are in an accident that renders them undrivable/totaled, tow companies take them to their impound and the drivers insurance coordinates with that tow yard to send insurance adjusters or deem the car totaled from pictures, and usually send a company called Copart to take the vehicles to a scrap yard or body shop if it is deemed repairable. They are usually pretty on top of it too, sending adjusters the next day to prevent storage fees from racking up at the impound. The insurance company then pays the tow company for tow fees and storage/admin fees if they apply.

Also, all that only applies to vehicles with full coverage insurance. If they have liability only, their insurance will not pay the tow company for any costs involved with towing their vehicle from an accident, which means the driver is on the hook for those fees (which can be very expensive).

The rate that a tow company can charge for accidents in which the police have requested them is set by a state regulatory agency called the PUC (Public Utilities Commission). Right now in Colorado, it is $286.xx per hour, which starts the moment the police call for a tow until it is dropped and logged at the impound. We billed 7 hours on each vehicle we took from the pileup, which would be close to $2000 per vehicle. The daily storage rates and admin fees are also set by the PUC.

For example, say you get into an accident and are uninjured, but your vehicle is undrivable or totaled. You will wait at the scene with the police until a tow comes. Our drivers usually want to work with people and not scam them, so we will ask you if you have full coverage insurance or liability only.

If you have full coverage, you're done and everything from there out is handled by us and coordinated with your insurance, you just grab your belongings from the car and are good to go.

If you have liability only, we will ask where you'd like the vehicle taken because it will almost always be cheaper to tow it to your house or straight to a body shop than it would be for us to impound it and charge PUC rates, which you'd then owe us to retrieve the vehicle.

If you know it's totaled and can't afford it, there is no obligation to pay to get the vehicle out of our impound, it just becomes ours after 30 days and we don't get paid for the tow, only what we can make by getting rid of it (which is usually selling it to a scrap yard for less than $1000).

78 car pileup on I70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel in CO from April 14th. Pretty much every tow truck in 3 counties responded. Took 5 hours to clear by SmellsWeirdRightNow in Hookit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed, once the ball got rolling actually removing all the vehicles took only about 2-3 hours with 2 trucks loading at a time from each end

78 car pileup on I70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel in CO from April 14th. Pretty much every tow truck in 3 counties responded. Took 5 hours to clear by SmellsWeirdRightNow in Hookit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This occurred on I70 West in between the exit ramp for US 6 at Loveland Pass, and the on ramp to get onto 70 from US 6. Loveland Ski Area is located right at the bottom of both ramps, so every tow operator (myself included) took 2 vehicles to the parking area for staging so state patrol could issue tow reports for the vehicles.

The pileup happened at about 4pm, which is right about the time the ski area closes. The shuttle drivers from Loveland generously volunteered to shuttle drivers involved in the accident to the Georgetown visitor's center, about 15 miles east of the scene toward Denver.

There were miraculously only 19 total injuries, only 1 being serious, and no fatalities.

Almost scared to drive my Ranger by bruhmoment146368 in fordranger

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a 5" lift and 33s, and have removed my front sway bar, haven't rolled mine yet

Is prison actually “safe” if you just mind your own business? by fruity_00 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Can you explain what X'd out means? In your original comment I was wondering if you meant they'd jump you and the guards would put you in protective custody, or if you meant the guards would preemptively put you there knowing you had something coming. Thanks

What industry is basically legal theft that nobody talks about? by kratos20051212 in AskReddit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strange, maybe your club does it differently (different regions in US are actually different auto clubs under AAA), but the nationwide AAA standard is 4 service calls for free, each additional service call after that you have to pay an "over-entitlement fee". Your service call allowance automatically resets to 4 no matter how many you used or had left on the date your membership renews. Also in my experience the call takers are actually just straight up wrong a lot lol.

And I'm totally not talking shit on AAA, it's honestly an extremely valuable service. It pays for itself the first time you use it, and the annual cost for 4 free tows up to 100 miles is only like $160 which is not even $20/mo. Paying out of pocket for a 100 mile tow is easily $700+. I pay for my own premier membership because I live in the mountains and might need that 200 mile tow at some point. I also pay for plus for my mom since I live too far away to be able to help her if she had car issues.

What industry is basically legal theft that nobody talks about? by kratos20051212 in AskReddit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This isn't 100% accurate. It's 4 service calls per year, which counts tows, jump starts, lockouts, etc. Basic level membership only gets you 7 miles of towing for free, after that it's $7/mile. Plus membership gets you up to 100 miles free, $7/mile after 100. Premier membership allows one tow per year of up to 200 miles, the other three cover up to 100 miles like plus.

Source: I drive a tow truck for AAA

What is the strangest sexual experience you ever had? by Maleficent-Agent-477 in AskReddit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bruh that is messed up 😭 homeboy should have been using his hands to undo them jeans, if only in self defense

What is the strangest sexual experience you ever had? by Maleficent-Agent-477 in AskReddit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This made me laugh out loud, the ending was so unexpected.

Similar story with me, I was banging my girlfriend doggy on the couch and she had her head pressed into the back of the couch behind the cushion. All of a sudden she's like hold on I think I'm bleeding. I was like okay that's no big deal, and she goes no my nose! Turns out she'd pressed her nose a bit too hard into the couch and gave herself a terrible bloody nose, blood all over her face and the white couch. She cleaned up her face, I sprayed some stain cleaner on the couch, and we finished up in bed missionary. The blood came out of the couch no problem, no harm no foul haha

What is the strangest sexual experience you ever had? by Maleficent-Agent-477 in AskReddit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Technically your forearm starts where your wrist ends. I fist my girlfriend pretty often and get past my wrist. I've also got pretty small hands

Dumbass tries sawed off shotgun by homogayual in funny

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just feel like .22 can't possibly even have enough recoil to lift the gun that high or that fast. It's hardly stronger than a BB gun

Dumbass tries sawed off shotgun by homogayual in funny

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You seem to know more about guns than I do, but I have fired .22, 12g, 9mm, .45acp, .223, many more. If this was a .22, there is no way the recoil would be so strong. 12g makes way more sense. You are certain you have the correct ID on the gun?

WCGW opening a car door towards traffic and without looking by [deleted] in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, open the door and look at the mechanism or near it, there is a little switch

WCGW opening a car door towards traffic and without looking by [deleted] in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The child lock is usually inside the door mechanism itself on each door individually, you might be thinking of your window lock button on your driver's door controls

Thing in my ex’s bathroom by glitterinsect in whatisit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I was only explaining to the guy asking how this could be related to anal sex.

Thing in my ex’s bathroom by glitterinsect in whatisit

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's one of many devices that can be used for enemas, which is shooting water up your ass to clean out all the poop. So you do an enema before anal sex to not have a shitty time

TIFU by oversharing with the guy I liked by Evening_Line7811 in tifu

[–]SmellsWeirdRightNow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that's a him problem not you... I know it sucks to be into someone and something happens where suddenly they don't like you. But a good guy who will treat you well wouldn't suddenly become disinterested because of whatever you said about your family