02/17/2026
This story makes me happy! Its about time the locals start enforcing tow truck laws, do not feel bad for this driver, by operating a tow truck in the state of florida without the company name, address and phone number he committed a felony whether he owned it or not! These rouge tow trucks have invaded St Lucie County over the last several years with absolutely no enforcement by local, county or state police! Ask your your self if you had a legit towing business why wouldnt you at least put your name on the truck? Of course you would repeat business and name recognition is everything in this business! Accidents do happen in this business, maintenance is everything, im the sure the winch line was wore out an should have replaced many tows ago, but when a accident does happen thats what insurance is for, however i find with these fly by nights they dont even carry the required minimum insurance for tow trucks! Unfortunately the customer and pslpd might be paying for their own repairs more than likely!
God is so good! Atleast there were no injuries in incident, it could have been so much worse!
I ask both of Chiefs of Police and Sheriff Deltoro to start enforcement on all tow trucks for the safety of the citizens an motoring public of St Lucie County, safety inspections for properly maintained equipment, properly identified trucks and check for required liability for the tow truck and on-hook insurance for the vehicle being towed!
I also ask that the St Lucie County Commision look into licensing/permitting all wrecker drivers in the county, like palm beach, broward and dade county has! There are some bad people operating in the area, its time we make an effort to clean it up!
Also note thats its illegal for a tow truck, repair shop and or their represented to stop and roadside solicit for business, especially at accident scenes! PLEASE RE-POST