tow trucks

Breakdown response vehicles

Tow trucks are vehicles equipped to transport disabled, illegally parked, or wrecked automobiles.

They use hooks, chains, or flatbed platforms to haul cars that can't move under their own power.

When your car breaks down, you call for a tow truck.

When you park illegally, a tow truck finds you: My car got towed and I had to pay $200 to get it back.

Opposites
vehicle rescue function

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Emergency medical transport

rescue squads · emergency medical services

vehicle mobility function

tow truckscar haulers

Trucks carrying multiple vehicles

vehicle function/purpose

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Emergency medical transport

fire engines · police cars · delivery trucks · passenger vehicles · buses

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G