Acuerdos para servicios de grúa y asistencia en carretera en California

Explicación Simple

El responsable de la patrulla de carreteras en California puede hacer acuerdos con empresas de grúas y asistencia. Esto es para decidir qué empresas ayudarán a la gente cuando necesiten estos servicios. Sin embargo, la gente aún puede elegir a cualquier proveedor, salvo que la patrulla ordene lo contrario.

Es como cuando en una fiesta decides de antemano qué comida habrá, pero si alguien quiere traer su propio platillo, puede hacerlo, a menos que el anfitrión diga que no.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan se queda varado en la carretera. La patrulla de carreteras tiene acuerdos con algunas empresas de grúas para ayudar a Juan. Sin embargo, si Juan prefiere llamar a su amigo Carlos, que tiene una grúa, puede hacerlo, a menos que la patrulla haya ordenado que se use una empresa específica.

Penalidades

Si una empresa no cumple con el acuerdo, puede ser suspendida o se le puede cancelar el acuerdo.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Vehicle Code - VEH DIVISION 2. ADMINISTRATION [1500 - 3093] ( Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. ) CHAPTER 2. Department of the California Highway Patrol [2100 - 2482] ( Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. ) ARTICLE 3. Powers and Duties [2400 - 2429.9] ( Article 3 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3. ) 2424. (a) The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol may enter into agreements with providers of towing, emergency road, and storage services for the purpose of determining which providers shall be summoned by the department when those services are necessary for public assistance or to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the department. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to the agreements. The department shall confer with the towing industry, as necessary, to reach agreements mutually beneficial to the public, the towing industry, and the department. (b) This section does not prohibit a member of the public from selecting any vehicle towing, emergency road service, or storage provider, except when towing or storage is ordered by a member of the department under the provisions of law. (c) These agreements shall be implemented in cooperation with representatives of the towing industry, and shall include, but not be limited to, the following subjects: liability insurance requirements, towing, emergency road service, and storage fees, inspection of business and storage facilities and equipment, recordkeeping, minimum equipment requirements, and the establishment of tow districts. (d) Failure of a towing, emergency road service, or storage provider to comply with the provisions of the agreement may result in the suspension or termination of the agreement. In the event o