weight police?
Anyone ever get pulled over for too heavy a load? What was the outcome?
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NorthwestBound wrote:
Wow, i would have thought, with all the weight concerns posted here and on other sites, that there would be strict enforcement of some kind of weight regulations.
LOL...your catching on. People here fear monger a LOT. The fear mongerers = weight police.
When you point out there really are few to no weight laws that apply to non-commercial drivers while towing, they change the subject to civil law suits.
And then I ask the same question you did here...show us one example. Just one, to crack the door open for us to consider this as reality.
IMO, even in a civil case, if you had proof someone was towing over any OEM rated capacity (NOT payload...but the ones that matter on a scale...GVW, GCWR, axle ratings, tire ratings) does that mean they were truly negligent and caused the incident? That is VERY difficult to prove unless there is very obvious, gross negligence.
Now, when I saw things like this, those same fear mongering people continue on and finally accuse me of advocating towing over OEM ratings. Well, I said no such thing, nor do I advocate doing so.
I simply have a problem with the unjustified fear that if someone does exceed a rating (knowingly or not) and be involved in an accident, their life is over.
