1. (1) These rules do not apply to a vehicle owner’s or operator’s request for utilization of a specific wrecker operator, whether or not such wrecker operator is an authorized wrecker operator. When a vehicle owner or operator requests a specific wrecker operator, the vehicle owner’s or operator’s request will be honored without resort to these rules unless the trooper at the scene determines that the wrecked, disabled, or abandoned vehicle is located on an interstate highway or a limited access highway, as defined in Chapter 316, Florida Statutes, is blocking travel lanes on a state roadway, or is otherwise creating a traffic or safety hazard or determines that use of the wrecker operator requested by the vehicle owner or operator will result in a significant delay in the removal of the vehicle as compared to the time necessary for removal of the vehicle by an authorized wrecker operator.
2. (2) These rules also do not apply when employees or agents of the Florida Department of Transportation, other law enforcement agencies with proper jurisdiction, or an authority created pursuant to Chapters 348 or 349, Florida Statutes, undertakes to have wrecked, disabled, or abandoned vehicles removed from roadways within the jurisdiction of those respective entities.

Rulemaking Authority 321.051 FS. Law Implemented 321.051, 321.05(1) FS. History–New 1-22-86, Formerly 15B-9.01, Amended 10-15-92, 1-6-26.