phil-t said:MO - same as a lot of other YouTube videos. As setup with professional drivers, demonstrationg, or recording, a stunt. Chances of a semi driver having a dash cam going in advance of a wreck, like that, not very high. No brakes, or evidence of slow down? Lots of time to recover from that "sway". Stunt drivers get paid very well for doing those things.
Nope, no expert, never said I was - it was just an opinion based on a little experience. (the opinion part, I had stated) Maybe wrong - maybe a high paying stunt - that's all. Glad to see that we do have some experts though. AND if real - I'm glad everyone is OK - hope they had a good insurance policy.Bill N said:Glad we have experts to analyze these things for us. But this expert evidently never heard of dash cams that run constantly in trucks and RVs so as to be able to prove what happened should an accident occur. Stunt drivers huh? Hope you were just kidding.
Bill
Sorry I feel just the opposite, 55 has caused a lot of accidents in my opinion, now I'm not saying if the speed limit is 80 that you tow at 80 but 65 is good in my situation, as a matter of fact, I tow at 62 in California now and the CHP goes by paying no attention.RedandSilver said:Why is it CA is the only state that mandates ALL vehicles towing a trailer - the Speed Limit is 55mph?
That should be Nationwide IMO.
There would be so many less wrecks. Sometimes it's true that Speed Kills.
Funny thing in that video is I never saw him trying to slow down. Isn't that one reason that the brake controller have a manual
brake lever so when the trailer starts to sway you can activate the trailer brakes to help prevent what we saw in the video?
SeilerBird said:Here is a list of the top 25 reasons for automotive accidents. Speed is number two on the list. Actually going the speed limit did not make the list. I always drive 55 on the freeways and I have never had an accident. I feel if there is no one near you it becomes very difficult to have an accident. So I don't tailgate anyone and I let no one tailgate me. No one drives next to me. Towing and speeding is just plain crazy.
https://seriousaccidents.com/legal-advice/top-causes-of-car-accidents/
You can drive an Rv towing anything you want, going any speed you want in CA.JFN said:Sorry I feel just the opposite, 55 has caused a lot of accidents in my opinion, now I'm not saying if the speed limit is 80 that you tow at 80 but 65 is good in my situation, as a matter of fact, I tow at 62 in California now and the CHP goes by paying no attention.
Crazy post, I have been pulled over in an RV in California.TonyDtorch said:You can drive an Rv towing anything you want, going any speed you want in CA.
The CHP will never pull over an Rv because that driver very likely does not have the prober license to drive that large motor home or tow that large 5th wheel trailer. So now they have to tow it off if the freeway and impound it.
Speed and lane enforcement is only done on Comercial vehicles.
SeilerBird said:Crazy post, I have been pulled over in an RV in California.
Most are going 45 and not looking in their rear view mirrors to see the carnage behind them.............lol
cadee2c said:I was driving on the tollway into Orlando, going 70 in a 65. Got passed by a little old lady with blue hair driving a buick at about 80.
cadee2c said:I was driving on the tollway into Orlando, going 70 in a 65. Got passed by a little old lady with blue hair driving a buick at about 80.