The $AFEclear fun continues as HPD was called to handle a dispute between two tow truck drivers:
When Jerry Martins’ car stalled he was told Lozano’s wrecker service would be there in 10 minutes.
“About three minutes, maybe even less, this T&T Motors showed up and they said I had to use them,” Martin said.
Lozano’s wrecker service isn’t part of the new Safe Clear tow program. It’s not allowed to tow on that stretch of roadway, but it did.
“Yes I towed it because the owner requested me to tow it,” said Ruben Lozano, wrecker driver.
Lozano may have towed the car to a lot, but he had company. The Safe Clear wrecker driver followed him and called the law.
“We called the police and the police come out here and now the police is fixing to give this other wrecker driver a pocket full of tickets,” said Gaines.
“The freeways are not owned by the City of Houston. That’s a state freeway there,” Lozano insisted.
Police listened, but then wrote Lozano a ticket for $750.
Just when you thought the fines were over — “They’re telling me I that I have to pay them $75. They’re even now telling me I still have to pay the $75, even though they didn’t pick the vehicle up,” Martin said.
This seems like a wise use of HPD’s limited resources.
