Re: AAA

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

It's not always the case that AAA tow truck drivers will go off road to help
you out.  I was told that it's solely at the truck driver's discretion
whether or not he ventures off a paved road.  A few years ago, the battery
in my LQ rig died and I needed to jump the generator.  It was at the
Casper's ride, I was maybe fifteen feet off the p;aved road, and dispute
recent rain, the grass base was firm enough to support 40' of trailer
without sinking into the mud.  The driver said he wouldn't go off road,
couldn't have cared less that he was stranding me in the middle of nowhere,
and the dispatcher said they couldn't/wouldn't do anything additional.  It
was Barney Fleming who helped me out, certainly not AAA.  I would *never*
rely on Auto Club if I were off road.

Susan G
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Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 12:58 PM
Subject: RC: AAA


> K S SWIGART   katswig@earthlink.net
>
>
> I don't remember who it was who asked whether AAA roadside
> assistance (not the same as AAA insurance) is provided if you
> are not on a paved road.
>
> It does.  You do need to be on a PUBLIC road, but it does not
> matter if that public road is paved.
>
> And you only have to be near a public road, you don't need to
> actually be on it (e.g. they can and do provide assistance if
> you are stuck in the grocery store parking lot, even though that
> is on private property) especially if you have pulled off the
> public road in order to get out of traffic.
>
> However, I have found that AAA tow truck drivers will go anywhere
> you ask them to, just as long as you ask the tow truck driver
> and not the dispatcher :).  I have gotten AAA tow truck drivers
> to go up my "driveway" (2 miles up a dirt road with a 1000' climb
> and three hairpin turns), but I have met them at the gate.
>
> It also helps, however, if you tell the dispatcher that you have
> a big truck so they know they need to send a big tow truck.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
>
>
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