Hillsborough County 7 比 0 通过上调拖车费：A 类挂钩费拟涨至 185 美元
佛罗里达州 Hillsborough County 委员会 10月21日以 7 比 0 全票通过，推进上调县管制的拖车收费标准。拖车业者此前向县府表示，燃油、人工、保险与设备成本上涨，已使现行收费上限难以为继。业内人士 Justin Heller 在会上表示，过去六年成本上涨超过 40%，一辆 2019 年约 7.2 万美元的拖车如今约需 14 万美元。
推进中的方案将覆盖大多数轿车、SUV 和皮卡的 A 类挂钩费从 160 美元上调至 185 美元，里程费从每英里 6 美元涨至 7 美元，每日保管费从 35 美元涨至 40 美元，重型车辆与特种救援作业也有相应涨幅，并新增特种救援的固定收费标准。方案还包括一项有条件的 25 美元燃油附加费，仅当联邦下大西洋地区柴油价格超过每加仑 4 美元时才触发。
县府表示，现行收费标准上次调整是在 2023 年，此次已与佛罗里达州其他县的收费标准做了比对。此次投票并非最终生效：委员会已指示县检察官办公室起草正式决议，决议须再回到委员会表决，新价格才会生效。县管制收费主要适用于警方下令的拖车与未经车主同意的私人停车场拖车，车主自行叫车则由公司自行定价。提出动议的委员 Christine Miller 表示，目标是在行业的合理收费与对公众的适当保护之间取得平衡。
Hillsborough Commissioners Vote 7-0 to Advance Higher Towing Rates: Class A Hook Fee Headed to $185
Hillsborough County, Florida commissioners voted 7-0 on October 21 to move forward with higher county-regulated towing rates, after operators argued that fuel, labor, insurance and equipment costs have made the current caps hard to live with. Industry representative Justin Heller told the board costs have climbed more than 40% in six years, with a tow truck that cost about $72,000 in 2019 now costing about $140,000.
The advancing proposal raises the Class A hook fee, covering most cars, SUVs and pickups, from $160 to $185, mileage from $6 to $7, and daily storage from $35 to $40, with increases for heavier vehicles and new set rates for specialty recovery. It also includes a conditional $25 fuel surcharge that would trigger only when federal Lower Atlantic diesel prices top $4 a gallon.
The rates were last adjusted in 2023 and were compared with other Florida counties. The vote does not put the new prices in effect: the county attorney's office must draft a resolution that returns to the board for a final vote. The county caps apply mainly to police-ordered and private-property trespass tows. Commissioner Christine Miller, who made the motion, said the goal was a fair rate for the industry with appropriate protections for the public.
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