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It was a very icy (black ice) morning when I got a call to go out to a friend’s house where reportedly someone had crashed through her wooden fence and sailed across her lawn before coming to a stop.

As you can see from the images, the fence was not forgiving to the car that crashed through it – at least that’s what we originally thought. The vehicle ended up being a total loss with the alternator, radiator, radiator support and fender taken out.

Was one of the darndest things I ever saw, that fencepost went clear through the vehicle, through the motor – not BY it – THROUGH IT! –  and came out the opposite side of the grill.  Fortunately no one was injured – except the vehicle! 🙂

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Did you know….

That there are many people out there with tow trucks towing YOUR CAR that are not insured to do so? How can you tell the difference? Here are a couple of ways:

* Make sure the trucks are registered commercially. That means that their license plate will have the entire word “Commercial” printed on them and that they are not a wrecker plate (i.e., 999 W), in which case the truck is not authorized to tow commercially, but is only covered for towing their own business vehicles.

Note that just because they say “Commercial” does NOT mean they are fully covered. ALSO ASK FOR:

* Ask them to provide evidence of their “On Hook” insurance coverage. In order to obtain on hook coverage for vehicles being towed for hire, you must register the vehicle and pay additional insurance costs. This is why a lot of companies try to avoid the extra insurance. [...]