Thanks to two guys in a white truck who gave me a free tow in Crowfoot...

[alberta_gamer]

The AMA was too busy and the other tow truck would have cost over 60 bucks.

Thanks guys. Just in case you are on this forum.

[CMW403]

Good to hear.

Keep on keeping on guys.

[bart]

someone told me its illegal to pull people in the city with a tow rope... true?

[Cos]

Originally posted by bart
someone told me its illegal to pull people in the city with a tow rope... true?

Yes you cannot tow someone with anything that can give (rope/chain)

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

They don't enforce it, I had an officer control traffic while I tow strapped a car out of the snow bank on the side of the road once.

[Cooked Rice]

Wish it was legal here as long as proper guidelines were met. In New Zealand it's perfectly legal.

[alberta_gamer]

OK, we used a tow strap. But, in our defense:

- my car was stopped in a busy road

- The AMA was busy and told callers that they may want to arrange other towing options.

- The regular tow trucks could have taken any amount of time.

- I was in the towed car and in full control of the brakes and signals.

- we went less than a kilometer to the mechanic

- I didn't want to turn down the help when I needed it

If it had been a normal day, I would have waited for the AMA tow truck.

[bart]

ya whatever i have done it before and i would do it again

[Cos]

Originally posted by alberta_gamer
OK, we used a tow strap. But, in our defense:

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I dont think anyone was faulting you. It happens. It needs to get done.

Now if you are towing a busted ass car from your driveway to the mechanic like that. That is a different story. You were trying to clear traffic.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Cos


I dont think anyone was faulting you. It happens. It needs to get done.

Now if you are towing a busted ass car from your driveway to the mechanic like that. That is a different story. You were trying to clear traffic.

Exactly. Cops won't bother people who are getting traffic cleared on a shitty winter day, they will however bust someone towing their engine-less Camaro down Deerfoot at 110km/h in the summer.

[btimbit]

Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo
They don't enforce it, I had an officer control traffic while I tow strapped a car out of the snow bank on the side of the road once.

This. We had a bylaw and parking authority guy watch us pull an old man out of a drift two days ago. Although he did say if it didn't work he had to call a tow-truck and charge it to the owner.

Although I believe the law is more for people towing long distances with a strap, not just out of a ditch

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

My dad is batshit crazy when it comes to tow strapping. He insisted on tow strapping my car home from Waiprous basically when it broke down last year, doing 100km/h with a 20 foot tow strap is ridiculous.