They depict these tow truck companies with a sense of urgency to pull out vehicles that are well off the main roadways . Why? If they're on a sheet of ice, with traffic backed up for miles, and risking satiety, why don't they wait for more favorable conditions when it's not storming , or even early spring??
shareMONEY ? Insurance agencies and companies wanting their trucks so they can repair and use them or file insurance claims.. Down here in the lower 48 the rigs would be stripped if they were left alone to long too. (even in snow country) Plus they could be a hazard on a secondary wreck.
shareI would think safety would be first over expediting an insurance claim. Not a hazard of a secondary wreck if they're down a snowy embankment, not affecting the traffic.
shareWell let me ask you something? If you had purchased a rig and spent over $100,000 on it, would you want to leave your truck for a couple of months in the snow before you got it back? Not to mention the money that'd lose on your load not being delivered on time and intact. I'm not trying to be a smarta**, I'm just asking.
"Put It There" ( if it weighs a ton)
Sadly, not in todays world. Not anymore. It's all about the money.
How many times have you heard them say "This shut down is costing the economy hundreds of thousands of dollars." How the *beep*
Would seem reasonable. But let's say it's a tanker filled with dangerous chemicals that could leak out into the ground, damaging the environment. Also, it could be a dry van full of an entire remote community's food and supplies for the next 2 months. When you crash, you need to do an incident report and the truck needs to be inspected to deem it safe to drive. If someone else drives off the highway during an accident, they could smash into the abandoned vehicle, and if there's flammable liquids in it, now there's a devastating explosion. Also, semi trucks and their cargo is extremely expensive. It's just too much of a safety, environmental, and financial risk.
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The trucks are obviously carry cargo that is expected somewhere by someone, either bought and paid for a to fill an expected need. Stuff like that can't be left on the side of the road 'until Spring'.
Also, there is always traffic control, and the vehicles are towed out of the road to pull-outs located along the highway. How many vehicles do you think would there be littering the side of the road if no one was there to recover them?
If you want to see vehicles abandoned until the Spring (or just abandoned), watch 'Ice Road Truckers'.
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Also, it could be a dry van full of an entire remote community's food and supplies for the next 2 months.
Also if you notice these accidents happen frequently, if Jamie and his crew ignored any particular wreck they would start to build up, and that's an aside from the business aspect
I yelled that from minute one, LOL!!
Besides, except for rubbernecking causing another accident, people need to see what their speed is doing to life and limb. They did mention that other highway where they do leave the wreckage for better times.