24 hour towing on Route 1 in Edison, NJ: the jughandles at 1 a.m., the dealer lots and the park after the gates close

Rear-end crashes stack up at the jughandle lights at every hour, and at 1 a.m. the traffic is faster than at noon. Call before the first truck that happens by and you choose the body shop. If the car still rolls, take the jughandle onto the side road; if not, hazards on, over the curb, and tell dispatch the direction and which jughandle.

The dealers along Route 1 lock up early and their service lanes are dark by seven, so a car that dies at a light outside one has nowhere to limp to. We tow it to whichever dealer or shop you choose and leave it the way they ask, first in line for the morning. In the shopping center lots, say the center and the store you are nearest.

The park between Route 1 and Parsonage Road has lots that empty late in summer and a few soft edges where a car ends up on the grass. Two wheels off the pavement is a winch-out, not a tow, and if the car drives afterward you drive it. Give the lot or the nearest park entrance.

The roads that run beside and behind Route 1 carry cars that got off the highway with a problem and stopped at the first quiet spot. Curb parking, hotels and a few lots that close at night. Give the cross street and which side, and stay behind the curb while you wait.