Predatory Towing is Turning Routine Truck Accidents into Six-Figure Financial Events
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- Predatory Towing is Turning Routine Truck Accidents into Six-Figure Financial Events Matt Herr Thu, June 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM GMT+7 7 min read.
- Brasher says the tow operators hold nearly all the leverage, invoices are routinely inflated, and motor carriers who don’t respond immediately can watch storage fees consume whatever margin they had left.
- When the County Sheriff shows up, his priority is to get those travel lanes cleared as fast as possible, so he dispatches a tow company.”
Predatory Towing is Turning Routine Truck Accidents into Six-Figure Financial Events Matt Herr Thu, June 18, 2026 at 9:32 PM GMT+7 7 min read. A rollover on the interstate at 3:00 a.m. is already a bad day. But for a growing number of motor carriers, even worse financial damage comes from the tow bill that follows.
Stephen Brasher, Travelers Inland Marine Claim Unit Manager, joined Freight Waves’ What the Truck?! with host Malcolm Harris to break down how predatory towing practices are draining carriers of tens (and sometimes hundreds) of thousands of dollars per incident.
Brasher says the tow operators hold nearly all the leverage, invoices are routinely inflated, and motor carriers who don’t respond immediately can watch storage fees consume whatever margin they had left.