Stay away from first help towing.

My mother in law was involved in a vehicle accident. A first help towtruck was on scene, she hasnt had an accident in many years. Firstly the tow truck driver gave her partial information of fees with probably malicious intent. He told her it would only cost r950 to tow the vehicle to their yard in wynberg. She should have had the car towed home a mere two blocks away but due to the accident she wasnt thinking straight. I phoned the next morning to be told that the total cost will be r11960.00 due to various fees ( fuel levy, towtruck cost, storage, etc?) to release the car. The value would go up daily by r350 ex vat per day. This company is and i suppose all towing companies are probably the same, a money hungry shark. Her other son in law tried to phone as well and was met with rudeness and the phone calls kept being dropped in his ear. Luckily we had help from randow towing which were much cheaper and more helpful to fetch the car and take it somewhere safe. I recommend rather having any vehicle towed to your own premises and to get the full information from the towing company on scene if not insured.