Is this legal?

I guess there's a difference between legal and advisable.

It's legal to jump out of a plane (skydiving) and it's legal to but junior on the back of your motorcycle when IMHO they don't have the physical build or strength to hold on if the driver has to maneuver suddenly.

I'd have to say, mile for mile, there's a bunch more motorcycle accidents than RV accidents.

I have a simple rule. Legal or not, I don't ride as a passenger in anything that doesn't have a driver. That includes planes, trains and automobiles.

Deleted my response and put it in its own thread.

paulcardoza wrote:
Do they even put seat belts in TT's?
Most every state has a seat belt law now, so the answer would be crystal clear.......

a good question, mine does not have them.
bumpy

Do they even put seat belts in TT's?
Most every state has a seat belt law now, so the answer would be crystal clear.......

JaxDad wrote:
It always makes me wonder when I hear the large numbers of folks who are so set against people riding in RV's where there's no seat belts ............

But the same folks will happily let their children ride on a school bus twice a day for 10 years.

Doesn't seem very logical to me.

there have been lots of studies, etc., reports on this issue. and you would have about 50 kids that refused to fasten theirs.
AFAIK, there have been few incidents of coffee pots, dinette tables and chairs flying forward in a school bus crash. and on the average the school bus speed would be considerably below that of a RV on the highway.
but I agree that it is good for thinning out the gene pool of those that don't fasten theirs in an automobile, etc.
bumpy

It always makes me wonder when I hear the large numbers of folks who are so set against people riding in RV's where there's no seat belts ............

But the same folks will happily let their children ride on a school bus twice a day for 10 years.

Doesn't seem very logical to me.

Many TTs and 5ers don't have shocks, since they're not meant to be ridden in on the road. A mile or so would soon tell you if it's feasible. From what we've heard, it's so uncomfortable, there's no way you'd want to do it.

Slide-in truck campers is a different story, because they're on a vehicle with shocks. Even still, riding in them is unsafe.

We saw the aftermath of a wreck in US2 near Leavenworth, WA a couple of decades ago. An F-350 with about a 12' camper was travelling east. Three kids were on the over-cab bed, looking out of the front window. A couple of deer ran into the road from the right and Dad (the driver of the truck) swerved to avoid them. When he over-corrected for the effects of the swerve, the rig toppled over onto the driver's side, with the upper part of the camper across the center-line. An 18-wheeler headed west hit the camper, right where the kids were riding. All three were killed. Mom and Dad survived the crash because the pick-up's cab was still in the eastbound lane and the 18-wheeler missed it.

wbwood wrote:

Martyn wrote:

Wishbone51 wrote:

wbwood wrote:
While I prefer to get info from official sites here is one and its info on nc appears to be correct.

Looks like I was right about OR.

Well, I wouldn't count on that site for accuracy - it says that Triple Towing is not allowed in Colorado, and it is!

Also, never understood why some folks call it triple towing - It is Double Towing if you are towing two trailers. Now we do see a lot of triples on I-70 here in Colorado - UPS, Fedex and numerous other OTR companies have their semis pulling three trailers. I see them every day.

While none of the sites showing towing laws should be accepted as 100% accurate, I have always found This One to be pretty good. To be 100% you should alwayd contact the DOT for the State in which you are going to travel.

I actually think the site you mentioned is wrong on nc. It says weight on brakes for trailers at 1000 lbs. it's more than that. More like 4000lbs. I believe the 1000 lbs is on house trailers. But trailers in general or anything else towed is 4000 lbs

And I see they call it triple towing too.

The legal defination of towing two trailers with one power unit in most states is called triple towing. And they use a completely different legal defination where it refers to commercial vehicle requiring a CDL that falls under federal law.
State Laws Can Pull You in Many Directions if You Double Tow

and

Triple Towing: What You Need To Know Before You Pull 2 Trailers Behind A Car, Truck, Or RV

2012Coleman wrote:
Common sense should be the guiding force here - regardless of legality.

So true, and I have seen remains of travel trailer wrecks in many highway medians over many years, that my common sense tells me no way would I ever ask a loved one to ride in the travel trailer, let alone doing it myself!!! I don't care if the law does say I can do it! And when I say "remains of travel trailers", usually there isn't much left that is recognizable as having once been any type of trailer, except for the axles.