A newly developed product, the Retriever, offers a solution to the problem of getting to a broken down car when said car is causing total gridlock behind it.
The Retreiver is produced by Swedish firm Coming Through. A heavily modified Honda GL1800 Gold Wing unfolds Transformer-style to reveal a two-wheeled trailer design to tow away a car. If you're doubting that the Wing is up to the job, then consider that it has 167Nm of torque to call on!

And after all, if a Volkswagen Touareg can pull a Jumbo Jet...

Specialist recovery equipment supplier, Recovery.com, is currently pricing the Retriever for the UK market.