According to IBIS World, the tow truck industry generated $8.4 billion by July 2021, with an expected growth rate of 11% for the year. While you wait for your tow truck, several essential tips will keep you and fellow motorists safe. For example, staying calm and pulling into a breakdown lane as soon as possible keeps you safe until help arrives.

Keep Calm When You Can't Drive On

Take a deep breath and keep your mind calm. Resist applying your brakes. Instead, turn on your hazard lights while pulling right into the breakdown lane.

Stay Inside Your Vehicle

Unless you see or smell smoke (not steam) or flames, Stay Inside Your Vehicle. Usually, steam looks white, while smoke appears dark gray or black.

If you saw smoke or flames: exit from the passenger side and move as far from your vehicle as you can without further endangering yourself. Use the driver's door only if you pulled off the road to the left. Never exit into passing traffic.

Do not try to push your car out of the way, especially at night. Other drivers would be unable to see you and you could get severely injured.

Call 911 for Injuries or Fires

If you crashed or the vehicle started burning, call 911. Adrenaline may keep you from feeling injured. Stay as still as you can until help arrives.

Gather Your Belongings

Gather your license, registration, insurance documents, and personal belongings. Take everything with you when your tow truck arrives. Although we operate 24/7, we cannot always get your things back to you in the time frame you need them.

Call Trustworthy Towing Service

Call (941) 362-2966, give the answering driver your location and the color, make, and model of your car. Wait for us at a nearby business if extreme weather could cause safety issues. Let us do the rest!

Stay Hydrated

Staying hydrated keeps your body temperature regulated. So drink water, juice, or sports drinks while you wait.

Stay off Your Phone

If our driver cannot find you or needs to update their ETA, you might miss their call.

Our drivers do their best to reach you in as timely a manner as possible. They know whether to use hook-and-chain trucks or flatbeds thanks to their training and licensing and offer roadside battery, locksmith, and flat tire services. Call Advanced Towing if you ever break down.