A few more interesting Senate bills filed recently:

S.B. 49: Broaden Price Gouging Restrictions, Sen. Steve Goss

S.B. 50: Storage Fees by Towing Services/SHP Rotation, Sen. Goss

S.B. 56: Assistance to Voters, Sen. R.C. Soles Jr.

The N.C. Highway Patrol is tightening the system for calling wreckers to crash scenes after complaints about price gouging, snarly tow truck drivers and even stolen money.

Highway Patrol officials told the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee 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.

"The public holds the highway patrol accountable for what happens at that accident scene," Col. Walter Wilson, the patrol's commander, told the committee.

Wilson emphasized that the patrol's first priority is safety.

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