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VTXLady53

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Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« on: July 03, 2009, 01:37:27 PM »
  Your Texas Drivers License
 
 This was news to me. I got my license out and looked. It's really there!
  It's very, very small, but it's there. Something all Texans should know,
  especially since this has received very little or no publicity.  Your
  Texas driver's license has a phone number on the back, just above the bar
  code on the lower left side:
 
  1-800-525-5555. (It's in VERY SMALL PRINT, but it IS there.   This number
  can be called for emergency assistance on the highway or wherever you
  might have trouble while in your car.  A service truck will be sent to
  you. This service is state operated and paid for with your tax dollars..
  If you are ever stranded, just call the number on your driver's
  license....help is on the way.  A state trooper will be sent to make sure
  all is well. This one is worth passing on especially to all the women you
  know.
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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2009, 01:50:15 PM »
Never paid attention to that either.  Wish I had, my daughter ran out of gas north of Hillsboro last month and it cost her 100 bucks to get towed in to get gas. 
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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2009, 02:41:36 PM »
Quote from: VTXLady53 on July 03, 2009, 01:37:27 PM
 Your Texas Drivers License
 
 This was news to me. I got my license out and looked. It's really there!
  It's very, very small, but it's there. Something all Texans should know,
  especially since this has received very little or no publicity.  Your
  Texas driver's license has a phone number on the back, just above the bar
  code on the lower left side:
 
 1-800-525-5555. (It's in VERY SMALL PRINT, but it IS there.  This number
  can be called for emergency assistance on the highway or wherever you
  might have trouble while in your car.  A service truck will be sent to
  you. This service is state operated and paid for with your tax dollars..
  If you are ever stranded, just call the number on your driver's
  license....help is on the way.  A state trooper will be sent to make sure
  all is well. This one is worth passing on especially to all the women you
  know.

I hope anyone else has better luck than my daughter with it.  I just talked to her and she did call that number.  The dispatcher told her that they would call for a tow truck.  She asked if a state trooper would come and help since she was a female alone and she was told no, that all they could do was call her a tow truck.  Our tax dollars at work or she just got ahold of a lazy dispatcher.
« Last Edit: July 03, 2009, 06:10:28 PM by tejasx »
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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2009, 02:43:50 PM »
Gosh i love this State!!!  :thumbup:
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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2009, 02:54:55 PM »
Great info -- makes me wonder -- I need to pay attention.  :thumbup:

Thanks
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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2009, 03:20:32 PM »
Pops always told us that if we broke down call him night or day but if we ran out of gas ,call somebody else. No excuse for running out of gas
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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2009, 03:42:00 PM »
Quote from: xcaliber on July 03, 2009, 03:20:32 PM
Pops always told us that if we broke down call him night or day but if we ran out of gas ,call somebody else. No excuse for running out of gas

Pops was a wise ole owl  :agree: run out of gas -- all on you.
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« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2009, 04:53:03 PM »


I called the old man from a telephone booth, "Dad, I just ran out of gas up north on the bypass out by ..."

Dad cut me off and said, "If your are not home by midnight, you know how long you will be grounded for."

A loud click was the next sound I heard. :banghead: Wasted that dime!

Hitched a ride home real quick. The next day a friend to take me and a can of gas back to my truck.
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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2009, 05:44:35 PM »
That number is just for requesting roadside assistance.
Nothing free about it.

Read this:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/t/tdl.htm
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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2009, 07:08:30 PM »
Well........You know it's there so use it.................. :bikerider:

No where does it say it's Free. They would call you a tow truck ( emergency asst.)

I don't have a tow truck number handy for my car but I do have AMA Motow.....     :laugh:

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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2009, 09:47:22 PM »
I know that will bring you some gas if you are a AAA member.I am with my cars,and they are supposed to assist you if you are in some one elses car. Check with some other motorist assistant groups,they may also help you.
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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2009, 12:04:42 PM »
This is good info to have and thanks for sharing Marigold!  The number is also on the bottom of the inspection stickers for the cars.  There's also an emergency assist telephone number on the newer eztag stickers.
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Re: Emergency Asst on your TX Drivers License
« Reply #12 on: July 06, 2009, 01:07:16 AM »
I knew about this but have never used it. Thanks for sharing that for the ones that didn't know about it.
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