Mary Jane said:
I am really surprised at the states that allow triple towing
http://www.readybrake.com/state_laws.html
I have a check on the reliability of such 50-state lists -- a test I fear that the cited list fails.
Look at the California restriction on double tows (
ie two trailers behind one tow vehicle.). If the list shows that a double/triple tow is legal in California, it is lying by omission. Yes, you can legally tow more than one trailer in California, but with a few requirements must be met:
1. You possess a
Class-A drivers license. (Class-C is the usual sedan and pickup license);
2. That is a
Commercial Class-A license;
3. That Commercial Class-A license has a special
double-trailer endorsement from the DMV;
4. The tow vehicle is
not a "passenger vehicle";
5. The towing of more than 2 trailers is never permitted in California.
Requirements 1 and 2, eliminate most RV owners. Requirement 3 eliminates most commercial drivers.
Yes, some of the multi-state lists do have a footnote, one of a hundred or so notes, that indicates that special licensing may be required. Most seem to leave that note off, failing to copy it from their source lists. I fear that these lists tend to be cut-and-paste copies of earlier lists. Evidently, researching the complications of 50 US State laws is a bit wearisome. :
Moral: A former US President once declared: "Trust but verify." I fear that I would not even begin to trust until I had researched the states that I would travel in.