• Jalopnik
  • spy-photos
  • jalopnik-reviews
  • Profile logout login

#towtruck

Jalopnik

Share Cancel
   
Upload an image | Add an image URL
×

logging in
  • FAQ. Include # before tag:
  • #tips,
  • #spyphotos,
  • etc.

Detroit, 2:18 AM
Wed Nov 11
30 posts in the last 24 hours

Contact

Tip your editors:
tips@jalopnik.com

Editor-in-Chief:
Ray Wert | Email | AIM

Road Test Editor:
Wes Siler | Email

Weekend Editor:
Murilee Martin | Email

Associate Editor - Houston:
Matt Hardigree

Associate Editor - Detroit:
Ben Wojdyla

Editor-at-Large:
Mike Spinelli

Contributors:
Mark Arnold
John Krewson | Email
Andy Didorosi

Follow Jalopnik on:
Facebook
Twitter

SUBSCRIBE TO Jalopnik RSS

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
1753 Subscribers
Jalopnik
  • posts about #towtruck more →

    Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool

    Is This Really The Best Way To Display A New Camaro?

    Tow Truck Gets Shanghai'd By Angry Driver

    Saudi Arabia Needs A Lesson In Vehicle Towing

    March Madness Narrowed To Sweet 16, Round 2 Of Voting Today

    March Madness Begins, First Round Of Voting

    March Madness, Jalopnik Style

    Maybe A Sincere Note Will Dissuade The Tow Truck Guy!

    Angry Tow Truck Driver Attempts to Tow Cop Car

    Schnockered Napervillians Can Get a Tow Home
  • Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.
    Dsmvwl  Admin  Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    Maybe he was just practicing for this weekend job that he really wants, working at a boat ramp. He's got the follow through, but I think he needs to work on his approach a little more.
     Reply
    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was starred Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    Water cooled PTO, FTW.
     Reply
    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was starred Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was unstarred
    Image of InfinitisEnd InfinitisEnd
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    Unfortunately, we are only going to see more of these stories in the future. When a Congressperson/Senators immediate family member gets killed, there will probably be a law passed, but that wont stop it(has passing a law ever stopped anything?)
    A couple of weeks ago I was riding my motorcycle home from work and came to a fairly busy 4-way stop. Upon determining that it was my turn, I began to to proceed when I heard tires screeching, and saw a woman with her phone up to her head, sliding through the stop sign on my right. After my heart went back into my chest from my throat, I proceeded straight and noticed a LEO car about three deep in the oncoming lane, as I passed his car I realized that he missed the entire ordeal because he was looking down at his( Blackberry type) phone, texting. I am seriously considering carrying a pocketful of spark plugs to introduce to the idiots windshields that do this shit.
     Reply
    InfinitisEnd was starred InfinitisEnd was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    07/31/09

    @InfinitisEnd: Jokes on you, after giving Zero Gravity too much money I made a carbon fiber windshield for my bike. Spark plug proof!
     Reply
    FP - in black for the Jezebel Nine promoted this comment mr_dude was starred mr_dude was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/31/09

    @mr_dude: So you'll get one in the head! Hurrah!
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of InfinitisEnd InfinitisEnd
    07/31/09

    @mr_dude: My target would be the idiots in cars driving while talking/texting and endangering me while I'm riding, so you have no worries at all, unless you are texting while riding, then your life expectancy is this long - anyway.
     Reply
    InfinitisEnd was starred InfinitisEnd was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    07/31/09

    @InfinitisEnd: *sheepish* Only at stoplights where I know the cycle. I wouldn't want to drop my phone while in motion.

    Going to be looking over my should on the ride home, FP is lurking...
     Reply
    mr_dude was starred mr_dude was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/31/09

    @mr_dude: Nah, as long as you go when it's green, I got no hate.
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/01/09

    @FP - in black for the Jezebel Nine: Psh, when the lights go off I'm a cloud of oily exhaust.
     Reply
    mr_dude was starred mr_dude was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    If there are car gods, they were active throughout - destroying a Corsica, crunching up a Sunfire? Hey, keep going, guys, I like this direction.
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of roaduscarnivorous roaduscarnivorous
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    at least the car on the flatbed was ok. phew
     Reply
    FP - in black for the Jezebel Nine promoted this comment roaduscarnivorous was starred roaduscarnivorous was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/31/09

    @roaduscarnivorous: I'm glad it was damaged - there's not much worse than a Sunfire.
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of TimTim TimTim
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    Texting while driving is dangerous, for example this driver didn't notice until too late that he had illegally taken the car pool lane.
     Reply
    TimTim was starred TimTim was unstarred
    Image of beercheck beercheck
    07/31/09

    @TimTim wears black for our banned brethren: Was typing something very, very similar when an impromptu meeting broke out in my office. Luckily, I refreshed before submitting, for a change.
     Reply
    beercheck was starred beercheck was unstarred
    Image of TimTim TimTim
    07/31/09

    @beercheck - Commentin' Dirty: I was surprised it hadn't already been done, I got a late jump on it too.
     Reply
    TimTim was starred TimTim was unstarred
    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool

    I hope the the Nelson Muntz punishment is meted out for this.
     Reply
    eggwich of the hill people promoted this comment evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars was starred evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars was unstarred
    Image of philibuster philibuster
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    Jeremy Clarkson would approve.
     Reply
    philibuster was starred philibuster was unstarred
    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    Careless latenight texting resulted in some regretful plowings of my own.
     Reply
    eggwich del fiero was starred eggwich del fiero was unstarred
    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    07/31/09

    @eggwich of the hill people: booyah
     Reply
    ThreeLitre was starred ThreeLitre was unstarred
    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    07/31/09

    @eggwich of the hill people: schwing!
     Reply
    dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! was starred dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    Sittin' in the tow truck cab, now
    Wait-wait-waitin' for the cavalry
    You wanna text a buddy, call for a tow now
    Meet mad people whose car you smashed
    Yeah, you're gonna be so neat
    Safer (Safer!) just to beat your meat
    Yeah, you're gonna be so cool
    Texting by the, you're texting in the, in the pool

    /apologies to Dire Straits
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    07/31/09

    @FP - in black for the Jezebel Nine:
     Reply
    MushyHeirloom was starred MushyHeirloom was unstarred
    Image of beercheck beercheck
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    Which journalism/broadcast school started that stinkin' sensationalistic present-tense reporting style, anyway? Bah! HATE it.
     Reply
    beercheck was starred beercheck was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    That's not the whole story. The tow truck driver was Michael Schumacher and the guy in the car was about to pass him and take the championship lead.

    Only on 24 hour news is this a headline.
     Reply
    acarr260 promoted this comment mr_dude was starred mr_dude was unstarred
    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    Moron.
     Reply
    bzr promoted this comment Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    Suckafool better be able to figure out how to winch himself out of this mess. If he'd been a little quicker he might not have gotten caught.
     Reply
    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was starred Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet was unstarred
    Image of UglyDuckCar UglyDuckCar
    07/31/09

    In reply to Texting-While-Driving Tow Truck Driver Plows Into Pool
    OH goody! I get to tell my relevant story! woohoo!

    So I'm driving down my usual route in the morning, heading towards the highway to go to school. (taking summer classes) There's a painfully slow bmw in my way, going about 20 in a 30. I have a test to go to, but I gave myself extra time so I didn't stress about getting by him. As I'm following he is constantly going over the yellow line and I'd say on a few occasions he was in the middle of the other side of the road. I literally thought to myself "is this guy drunk? If I was a police officer I'd pull his ass over FAST." Low and behold the man was texting and driving, what a surprise. I was seriously convinced this man was a drunk driver before I saw his phone when passing. And now I consider text drivers as bad, if not worse than drunk drivers. Hell at least a drunk driver has his eyes on the road, no matter how much depth perception loss they have.

    And I bet this driver thought he was being safe by going slow. No Mr. Textdriver, you were just being more annoying while being unsafe.
     Reply
    beercheck - Commentin' Dirty promoted this comment UglyDuckCar was starred UglyDuckCar was unstarred
    Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Login

Enter your username and password.

Please enter a username.
Please enter your password.
logging in
Login via Facebook | Sign Up | Forgot Password?

Reset Password

Please enter your email address to have your password reset.

Please enter your email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
requesting password reset

Register

Registering will give you a user profile and the ability to add other users as friends. To become a commenter, however, you need to audition.

Want to know more? Consult the Comment FAQ and legal terms.

Please enter a username.
Please enter a password.
Please confirm your password.
Passwords are not identical.
Please enter a valid email address.
registration sent, waiting for reply

Submit Your Comment

You don't need to login to comment. Just enter your email address below.

See how your address will be displayed in the Comment FAQ.

Please enter a valid email address.
Please enter a valid email address.
logging in

Login with your Facebook or Jalopnik account.

Sign up here.



  • Archives
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Legal
  • Help
  • Report a Bug
  • FAQ
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.