A Calgary councillor wants the city to protect drivers from tow truck companies that are "preying" on drivers on scene of car crashes.
Despite this, he says he received a quote of nearly $3,000 just days later when he went to retrieve his vehicle from the company’s lot. "It was just really shady," he said. "I don’t want to see it happen to anyone else. What happened to him shouldn’t happen to anyone else." Hribnak said he recently reviewed another customer’s bill involved with another tow company, and said the client was charged more than double what their contracted prices with the city would be.In his upcoming notice of motion, Demong pushes for the city to look at either making changes to the Business License Bylaw or creating regulations to prohibit towing companies from stopping within a radius of a collision, unless called upon by emergency services or the people involved in the crash.
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