It is wintertime and you have a flat tire while you are driving on the highway. You pull over to the side of the road and call someone to come out to help you. Getting a towing service in winter is a difficult thing to do, although not impossible.
Many automobile dealerships that sell new or used cars also offer their customers roadside assistance for any type of automobile related emergencies. Most programs of this type charge a monthly fee, but some dealerships may offer to pay for the first twelve months if you buy your car from them.
In the above scenario, once you pull over to the side of the road, make sure that you turn on your emergency flashers so that oncoming cars know you have broken down. If they do not know you are there, they might crash into you and that will cause alot of aggravation. Hopefully you have a cellular phone that you can use to call your towing company, but if not then you will either have to wait for a state police officer to stop or another driver so that they can call for you.
If you break down in the summertime, the weather is nice enough that you can wait outside your vehicle. However, when waiting for your towing service in winter, the weather is usually very cold and slippery and it may even be snowing. Therefore, you will want to stay inside your car with the heat on so that you do not get frostbite.
Once the tow truck arrives and the driver determines whether your tire can be changed, he will take your spare tire out of the trunk and put it on the ground next to your car. The driver will then loosen the lug nuts on the flat tire and using a hydraulic jack that he keeps in his truck, lift your car up so that it is high enough off the ground to remove the flat tire.
After removing the flat tire from your car, he will put the spare tire on, then screw on the lug nuts, lower your car back to the ground and tighten up the nuts. After changing your tire for you, the driver will get back into his truck and drive away.
If he determines that he can not change your tire, then he will attach chains to your car and lift the front end of it up onto the tow bar on the back of his truck. He will put your car in neutral and after both you and he climb into his truck, he will tow it to a local repair shop or wherever you decide. He will then remove your car from the back of his truck by lowering the bar and removing the chains. Your mechanic will be the next person to look at your car.
Using a towing service in winter is one of the more delightful aspects of having roadside assistance. It is a very convenient perk to the program and a very satisfying one.
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