{"id":1038,"date":"2010-10-07T14:50:10","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T14:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2010-10-12T15:11:22","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T15:11:22","slug":"tow-to-tow-with-drivers-risking-life-and-limb-on-the-shoulder-of-a-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shaundejager.com\/road-safety\/tow-to-tow-with-drivers-risking-life-and-limb-on-the-shoulder-of-a-highway\/","title":{"rendered":"Tow to Tow With Drivers: Risking life and limb on the shoulder of a highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/autos.aol.ca\/category\/safety\/\">Safety<\/a>, <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/autos.aol.ca\/category\/police-emergency\/\">Police\/Emergency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInval>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:SnapToGridInCell \/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct \/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/autos.aol.ca\/media\/2010\/10\/tow-truck-flatbed.jpg\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" width=\"263\" height=\"154\" align=\"right\" \/>Shaun de Jager, a tow truck driver for CAA by day, blogs about the crazy, weird, and downright scary things he sees on our roads.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Always slow down and move over when approaching stopped emergency or service vehicles. Not only is it the law but it could save a life &#8212; perhaps even yours. You would certainly be saving the life of whoever is standing or working on the shoulder, including police officers, paramedics, firefighters, and of course the lowly tow truck driver.<\/p>\n<p>Driving for a living means that my job exposes me to more dangers on the road than the average commuter and when I have to rescue someone from the side of the road, the danger levels spike dramatically.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/autos.aol.ca\/2010\/10\/07\/tow-to-tow-with-drivers\/\">Continue reading <em>Tow to Tow With Drivers: Risking life and limb on the shoulder of a highway<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/autos.aol.ca\/2010\/10\/07\/tow-to-tow-with-drivers\/\">Tow to Tow With Drivers: Risking life and limb on the shoulder of a highway<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/autos.aol.ca\">AOL Autos Canada<\/a> on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:56:00 EST.  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