Driver Frustrated Over Unfair Tow Bill

According to Michigan Police, seemingly unscrupulous tow bills are not illegal, unless the tow company was called in by police. 

One case involved a recent pile-up, where stranded driver Kellie Rockwell received a bill for $9000 from 10G Towing and Recovery, the company that recovereAd her car.  

"It makes me frustrated, because how as a civilian do we feel protected from people like this?" said Rockwell. 

“The tow driver just walked up to our car, asked if we wanted him to get us out and we said yes because we assumed they were with the police,” Rockwell said. 

She would later learn that police did not call the company. 

Lawyer Steve Lehto, who specializes in consumer protection, says the state’s high court struck down a law that made it illegal to charge a price grossly in excess of the value of a good or service, like the $9,000 bill that 10G gave Kellie for one towing job. "I’m not happy with the fact that we don’t have a law to protect us and I’m going to hopefully get people to join me to push that we get that law back," Rockwell said. "I’m not happy with the fact that we don’t have a law to protect us and I’m going to hopefully get people to join me to push that we get that law back," Rockwell said. 

Eventually Rockwell got her car back, after her insurance company negotiated the $9000 bill down to $2500.  Source