I was a member, to get the discount on auto/house ins bundle. I moved to Iowa, and have diff insurance now. Just remembered to drop the "Auto Club" membership last year. I had them for 20 years and never used any of the benefit(s)...
I cordially disagree with your definition of an unpaved road. Imo you were probably talking to a minimally paid phone rep. A AAA wrecker driver isn't going to go two tracking, or tear up a lawn to fix some folks lack of judgement nor are they going to shovel your driveway so you can get out of it. When I towed, precariously stuck vehicles I had them sign a damage waiver. Didn't sign it I left. Personally I think they should have a no tow on interstates clause unless the police are there slowing traffic down. Please read below per AAA.
I'm sure a lot of that is up to the discretion of the tow truck driver. There's a huge difference between a well maintained gravel road and some class VI trail, and I totally agree that a driver should be able to refuse to retrieve someone who took their Suburu down some Jeep trail just because they show it in their ads. Maybe some take "unpaved" a bit too literally.
I think a lot has to do with how busy the towing service is. If they have other calls, which pay more than the rock bottom rates AAA pays them, the driver may look for any excuse he can find to refuse the tow.
In my opinion and experience If that were the case either the tow driver wouldn't have job security much longer or the tow company would lose its contract with AAA. For example if a AAA contracted towing company refused to pick up or drop off a car on a gravel driveway arguing its unpaved? I could see a driver refusing a tow if he had to drive off a gravel road to position his truck so he could reach vehicle with a winch cable though.
When you say "tar & chip" are you referring to the old-school way of asphalt paving where they'd spread a layer of peastones, spray liquid tar over it, then cover with sand and roll it? I remember that being the way most rural paved roads (even some state highways) being done when I was young. Haven't seen it done that way in decades.
Lol good point, some city type folks had no clue where they were in the city, interstate or direction they were heading, another pet peeve of mine if you don't know where you are how in the heck is a driver supposed to find you?
Here they call it chip seal. The original road is asphalt. Every so often the county fills in any holes or cracks, sprays down a layer of asphalt, and then covers it with gravel. It prolongs the life of the road. The state DOT also does it on Farm to Market roads. Then they come back and restripe it.
You are confusing me. If it has shells, it is paved...with shells.
No just crushed shell...usually rolled....it packs down really well
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Sorry, you missed my point. Technically, any road with a hard surface on top is paved. In this case, with shells.
To me...it's not "paved" any more than a gravel road is paved...but I guess it could be considered "paved with gravel/shell" etc., etc...!Sorry, you missed my point. Technically, any road with a hard surface on top is paved. In this case, with shells.
