WILL.TILLERY said:"professional and courteous"..... hmmm... J.B.?
msggunny said:Maybe its just me, but i would never charge someone to pull them out of the snow or what ever.
Pay for something I broke while trying to pull them out, yes. But to charge them, to me thats kind of f'd up.
Case of beer, no worries.
Donations, Ok. But i would never ask.
It's not just you. This guy is a prick.msggunny said:Maybe its just me, but i would never charge someone to pull them out of the snow or what ever.
Pay for something I broke while trying to pull them out, yes. But to charge them, to me thats kind of f'd up.
Case of beer, no worries.
Donations, Ok. But i would never ask.
WILL.TILLERY said:Charging can also land you in a bunch of trouble if you are not licensed and insured for vehicle recovery.
Virginia DMV is real serious about the matter.
http://www.btro.vi.virginia.gov/
Ballah06 said:x2 on that. Also if things did go wrong you have the Good Samaritan rule "protecting" you. If you take a form of compensation, then essentially the person you helped can come after you. Not just in assisting in vehicle recovery.
mjbrox said:I would be afraid to advertise that. Most cars do not have a good place to tie onto. If you damaged a car in the process you could end up paying for damages.
apg said:Quite right. In the past, whenever I have pulled someone out of the snow, I have handed them the rope/chain/strap/whatever and told them to attach it to some place secure. That puts the onus on them, not you, should things go awry.
Back in the early '70's, when we used to get snow around here, I came across a car well and truly stuffed into a roadside plow bank. It was some little shitbox of a car, Chevy Vega, I think, one of those vehicles that was actually built out of compressed rust. Handed the nylon hawser to the kid - who was very drunk and rather unstable on his feet - and told him to tie it someplace secure. The bumper turned out to be a rather poor choice, as is separated cleanly from the vehicle with the first gentle tug.
The kid was too drunk to utter a comprehensible word, as I quickly coiled up the line and headed off into the dark. Figured he - and everyone else on the road that night - was far safer with his ride immobilized.
Cheers
knewsom said:Holy crap, VA has laws that protect good samaritans??? Here I thought their books were just full of laws making everything illegal except owning a fuckin' machine gun... :rofl:
Ballah06 said:x2 on that. Also if things did go wrong you have the Good Samaritan rule "protecting" you. If you take a form of compensation, then essentially the person you helped can come after you. Not just in assisting in vehicle recovery.