Safety Measures to Take During Heavy Duty Towing

There are some reasons why your vehicle may have to be towed. You may have had an accident or your car may have broken mysteriously on the highway. Whatever the reason, it is important to know who you are going to call in a vehicle emergency and as a driver you must know the appropriate safety measures and the Heavy Duty Towing specialist needs to be cautious.

Driver of Vehicle

For a driver who is driving mid and needs to pull over his car, there are some important things to remember. In the event of a Heavy Duty Towing, drivers first need to move their car as far as they can from other moving cars. If there is a shoulder, great. Move the shoulder as soon as you can and stick to its very edge. While you wait for the Heavy Truck Towing Adelaide company to arrive, make sure your hazard lights are on, especially if it is dark outside, so that you are easily visible to other drivers on the road and easily identifiable to the towing company . If your car has an emergency roadside kit, you can take out any reflectors in it and keep them outside your car.

While you wait for the towing company to arrive, be sure to collect anything outside of your car that you may need in company days such as insurance and registration information. You may not see the car again for a while after towing it, although you may need to give this information to people in different parts of the towing process. It is highly important that you stay in the vehicle to wait for the towing company, so that you do not get hit by any passing car or violent weather. To avoid potential accidents during this process, it is important not only for the driver of the vehicle to take precautions, the driver of the Heavy Duty Towing truck has to take equal or greater precautions to ensure that you are safe and your vehicle is protected.

Heavy Duty Towing Truck Driver

It is necessary to make the process as safe and painless as possible by the drivers of Tow Truck that will lift your vehicle. An important point is that if you are stranded on the side of the road; first make sure that the area is fully visible - if you have not already done so. The cones and flags will be installed around the area as the Tow Truck starts picking up your vehicle. It is a sad truth that some heavy tow truck drivers have been killed and seriously injured due to carelessness or lack of visibility of other drivers.

To expedite the towing process and ensure their safety, Tow Truck drivers are always asked to ensure that their truck's cable lines are not damaged. Tow truck drivers should also ensure that the truck they are driving is capable of stopping the stranded vehicle. This type of information will be confirmed over the phone when the driver of the vehicle first calls. Tow Truck drivers are also trained not to lay cables all the way while unloading a vehicle, and after loading the wheel-lift is extended far enough to make the turn easier. Finally, Tow Truck drivers are practiced to avoid power lines and ask bypasses to step back during the tooling process. This is a process that requires a lot of safety attention, but these professionals are fully trained.

If you or someone you know is looking for a reliable Heavy Duty Towing team, contact us today at Adelaide Truck Towing and we can offer you a part of our services, so that when you get stuck in a bond, you know who you want to call!