bpounds wrote:
DW-gray wrote:
...by the way, 60 of the tow vehicles towing trailers exceed at least one weight safety rating.
And we all know how the highways are littered with wrecked RVs. NOT. All that statistic does is illustrate the manufacturer specs are next to meaningless.
Nor are the highways littered with auto accidents. Those who turn a blind eye will never see the truth. Just because you may have never driven by one, doesn't mean they never happen. I wish your assertion was true about the number of trailer and RV related accidents.
Here are just a few major wrecks since Memorial Day that made it on internet news reports. There are countless numbers that aren't reported for us to read about.
One killed, three injured after bad crash in Lincoln County-Six-month-old baby died days laterKY man suffered major injuries in Jefferson Co., IL crash3 Amarillo men die when detached trailer crashes into road workers********
RV App creator to donate proceeds to family of baby killed in Lincoln County crash********
A report released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety administration’s report in 2003 said that more than 70,000 people were involved in RV accidents that year. In 2012, they reported 75,000 injuries due to RV accidents.
A Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) analysis of data between 2000 and 2007 found that a total of 212 people died in RV accidents in those years. At 26 deaths per year, the rate of RV deaths has an average fatality rate of 1/3 of the average rate of all vehicles or 0.44per 100 million vehicles miles versus 1.48 for all vehicles in the US.
