Best practices for towing a Prius?

OK, call it the German in me, but I'm trying to plan ahead for the possibility that some day my 2008 Prius will need to take a ride on a tow truck. Reading the manual, I'm told not to tow it with a "sling-type truck" (apparently due to clearance issues and possible body damage), but it's OK to tow with a wheel-lift type truck (one accompanying diagram shows just the front wheels off the ground, the next shows towing from the back with the back wheels up and the fronts wheels on a wheel dolly). On the next page, I'm told "To prevent causing serious damage to the transmission, never tow this vehicle with any of the wheels in contact with the ground," which kind of contradicts using a wheel-lift type truck on a forward-facing tow. That leaves a flat bed truck.

So, your dashboard is lit up like a Christmas tree and it looks like you'll need a tow. You call AAA and tell them ... what? You have a Prius, nudge-nudge wink-wink? You definitely need a flat bed? Have the driver bring his dolly (do tow trucks even carry such things routinely)?

Having read other posts about cars getting towed has made me a bit paranoid, and it doesn't help that the manual wasn't written by a native English speaker! B)

Thanks.

Jim