Tow truck on Roosevelt Avenue, Carteret, NJ: the storefront curbs, the arts center and the Exit 12 traffic

Parking runs along both sides and delivery vans stop where they can, so a stalled car often sits in the only moving lane. A wheel-lift hooks in a couple of minutes and clears the avenue fast.

Say the nearest cross street and which side you are on. The driver comes in with the traffic so he can stop beside the car on the first pass.

When the audience leaves, one car in the lot or on the street always refuses to start. It is nearly always the battery, which is a jump at one flat price with no miles.

Keys locked inside while you were at the show are a lockout, also one price, done with tools that leave the glass and the weather strip alone.

A hit car goes on a flatbed every time. Because the avenue is narrow, the driver may pull the car into a side street with the winch and load it there, which is safer for everyone.

The damage is photographed for your insurer and the car goes to the body shop you choose, not to a storage yard.

Roosevelt Avenue carries trailers between Exit 12 and the Arthur Kill buildings. When one quits here it blocks a lot of traffic, so the heavy wrecker is sent as soon as the dispatcher hears the unit type.

The truck is cleared from the lane first and delivered to the carrier's yard or shop second, on a quote given before it rolls.