In view of the comments and the regulations proposed, I have a couple comments.

First being that there are regulations for insurance requirements and haul permits that are in place for commercial carriers.  Does this not apply, and are tow trucks not commercial vehicles.

Secondly,  in order to be on the police rotation do you not need equipment capable of handling all calls in the area of your service.  Meaning a wrecker for winching an over the bank accident several feet off the road, and a rollback to haul an untowable vehicle.  This requires a 2 truck operation.

Third, times have changed so look at the size and type of vehicles on the road which demand a larger tow truck.  I started with a Superduty 1989 Ford Rollback in the mid 1990's.  After a few years in order to keep with changes and demands of the auto industry I had to upgrade to medium duty to have equipment available to answer police calls wheather winching is involved or flatbed tow.

I live and operate in rural Scoll County in southwest Virginia where we have hills and mountains  not the concrete jungles that most members and influencing advisors of the board live and operate.

A light duty truck may be great for some operations in some areas, but in others you need more muscle. I am not in the heavy duty class just the medium duty class.

The board needs to seek the advice from  the State Police in each division to get the advice as to what needs to be regulated and what equipment mandates are needed for their area ,  They see towers on a dialy basis know most operators by their first name. All areas are not the same and the old saying  of one size does not fit all.

The enforcement of the laws if passed will probably be in the hands of Commercial Enforcement Division which should inspecting trucks anyway to check for permits and insurance coverage and DOT numbers.. 

The bottom line of my comment is if regulated everyone should be treated the same and there should be more meetings state wide instead of just in Richmond.  Everyone cannot close shop and drive 6 to 8 hours to get there.