http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/highway_patrol_tightening_wrecker_rules Comments for "Highway Patrol tightening wrecker rules" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/highway_patrol_tightening_wrecker_rules <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"> <p>The <a href="http://www.nccrimecontrol.org/Index2.cfm?a=000003,000014">N.C. Highway Patrol</a> is tightening the system for calling wreckers to crash scenes after complaints about price gouging, snarly tow truck drivers and even stolen money.</p> <p>Highway Patrol officials told the <a href="http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/Committees/Committees.asp?sAction=ViewCommittee&amp;sActionDetails=Non-Standing_468">Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee</a> Thursday that motorists complained that tow truck operators, called to the scene by troopers, were tacking on a host of added charges, such as a fee for sweeping up taillight glass, as well as treating car owners disrespectfully and, in some cases, stealing items out of cars. </p> <p>&quot;The public holds the highway patrol accountable for what happens at that accident scene,&quot; Col. Walter Wilson, the patrol&#39;s commander, told the committee. </p> <p>Wilson emphasized that the patrol&#39;s first priority is safety.</p> <p>More after the jump.</p> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-readmore"> <a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/highway_patrol_tightening_wrecker_rules"><img src="http://projects.newsobserver.com/sites/8830.newsobserver-drupal-projects.apps.prod.nandomedia.com/themes/nao/images/dome_read_more.gif" width="74" height="23" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/highway_patrol_tightening_wrecker_rules#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/highway_patrol_tightening_wrecker_rules#comment Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee price gouging State Highway Patrol transportation Under the Dome Walter Wilson Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:51:28 -0500 markjohnson 10658 at http://projects.newsobserver.com