[A/S] Re: Trailer Accidents

[wilkie1020@xxxxxxxxx]

Harvey, you covered every possibility. You should be a tech writer. 

I'm sure there have been some accidents due to the equipment being 
used, but I'd bet 95% or more are just driver mistakes. I have only 
had one close call while towing. I was driving thru Santa Rosa Ca & 
some driver coming on the freeway switched lanes in front of me doing 
about 20 mph. I slammed on the brakes as hard as I could & managed to 
slow enough to not hit the car. Incidently, thats a good reason not 
to travel with full tanks! Even with empty tanks, my gray water tank 
shifted enough that the input line started leaking & had to be 
repaired. The batteries slid forward so fast they cracked the skin 
around the battery doors.

I saw a A/S & full size ford pick up laying on their side in Oregon 
on I-5. It was at the top of a long steap hill & had to have been 
going pretty slow when it flipped. I don't know what caused it. I saw 
another A/S that rolled in Barstow CA. Don't know what happened there 
either. I've had several drivers pull back in front of me after 
passing really too close. Some truck drivers like giving you a little 
scare some times. I just think its the drivers & not the equipment 
causing most of the accidents.

Jim W
SF CA area.
77/31' A/S
99 GMC Suburban