Break-away required???
Can someone tell me or point me?? Is a break-away brake system required in all states as far as flat towing or does it vary by weight / state or???????????? Thanks for any help:)
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mowermech wrote:
Check the LEGAL definition of a "trailer" in YOUR state! I know the definition here and towed motor vehicles do not meet the definition. (MCA 61-1-101(82))
Montana (and many other states) is a "Performance Law" state. If you can stop your "combination of vehicles" within 40 feet from 20 MPH on a fairly level, clean, hard, surface, you are legal (NCA 61-9-312).
Given the apparent current state of the desire for the government to control every aspect of our lives "for the common good", it seems to me if such braking or brake-away systems were necessary for "safety" they would be required by law by the FMVSS and in EVERY state!
I believe the number of toad breakaways is VERY low, and the number of injuries or deaths is even lower. I don't have the statistics at hand.
I wonder if such statistics are even tabulated?
While I agree with you that the number of toad breakways is probabley low, but I would be devastated if my toad was involved the death of anyone.
