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title: "Editorial policy — TowingDad"
canonical: https://towingdad.shop/editorial-policy/
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# Editorial policy

## Sourcing hierarchy
Tier 1: U.S. Code and CFR, state statutes and agency rate schedules, FMCSA, NHTSA, NTSB, city fee schedules, BLS, FHWA, IIHS, and manufacturer manuals. Tier 2: TRAA, WreckMaster, SAE, FSRI/UL, trade press, US PIRG. Tier 3: estimate aggregators, always attributed as estimates.

## Risk tiers
- **R3 legal** — requires a primary government source and a dated jurisdiction notice.
- **R2 mechanical** — requires a manufacturer or standards-body source.
- **R1 general** — costs, definitions and comparisons.

## What we do not publish
If a fact cannot be traced to a primary document, it is not published. When a state page lacks enough verified items, it publishes saying explicitly what is missing rather than filling the gap. When we cannot answer a question from sources, we do not publish the page at all.

## AI use
We use automated tooling to cluster questions and prepare structural drafts. Every R2 and R3 claim is reviewed by a person against the cited source before it publishes.

## Corrections
Write to editors@towingdad.shop. We correct with a visible, dated note.