Your rights in the event of an accident - What you need to know..... You are not obliged to accept a tow from any towing company that arrives on the scene. The traffic officers attending the scene of an accident have a duty to keep traffic flowing as best they can under the circumstances, but are not permitted to dictate to you which towing service you should use. The National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996 and the National Road Traffic Regulations published in Government Notice No R.225 of 17 March 2000 stipulate the regulatory requirements for the towing of vehicles. The act states that ‘…no person shall remove a vehicle involved in an accident, except for the purpose of sufficiently allowing the passage of traffic, without the permission of the owner, driver or operator of such vehicle or a person who may lawfully take possession of such vehicle.’ This Act empowers a traffic officer to have your car moved off the road if it is obstructing the flow of traffic. Be careful to select the correct service provider as, once hooked, there have been reported cases where the tow truck driver then refuses to unhitch the vehicle and when denied the onward tow, demands the full price of an accident tow for the five metres the car was moved to the side of the road. Traffic officers have a duty to keep traffic flowing, but are not permitted to dictate to you which towing service you should use. Read more: mype.co.za/new/before-you-take-a-tow-heres-what-you-need-to-know/ From El Shaddai Towing Port Elizabeth 0769540075
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 09:09:26 +0000
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