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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - If your car breaks down connected a Fresno highway, determination is simply a work that tin assistance get you retired of occupation astatine nary cost.
The Freeway Service Patrol is not designed to beryllium a regular tow motortruck service, according to the Fresno Council of Government (also known arsenic the Fresno COG), but it tin beryllium called connected to assistance if a operator finds themselves stuck connected the highway.
Richard Phipps with the Fresno COG says the programme is lone for high-traffic hours successful definite areas on Highway 41, Highway 99, Highway 168 and Highway 180 done Fresno.
Between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. - and 3 p.m. until 6 p.m., drivers with the tow work patrol are making definite nary stranded motorists are connected the road causing postulation problems. Phipps says the work is intended to marque definite the different drivers connected the roadworthy bash not get stuck successful postulation themselves.
"The thought is that the work volition get the motorist retired of information for sure," Phipps said. "But immoderate services beyond that are betwixt a motorist and a tow motortruck relation oregon a household member."
Phipps says tow work drivers are not obligated to instrumentality motorists to immoderate adjacent car store oregon anyplace other different than disconnected the freeways.
"It's not a escaped tow service," Phipps said. "It's simply designed to wide the roadway."
Still, Phipps says Fresno is fortunate to person a work similar this.
"The authorities provides the bulk of the funding. Fresno Council of Governments is simply a determination proscription readying agency," Phipps said. "We supply a section lucifer for the backing that Caltrans gives and then, the California Highway Patrol administers the programme successful conjunction with a tow motortruck relation that we declaration with."
Phipps says Fresno's precocious postulation congestion levels let for the program.
"Not each portion of the authorities qualifies for these funds."
Phipps says if immoderate motorist finds themselves stuck and successful request of an exigency tow, they tin dial the California Highway Patrol enactment oregon telephone 911.
