how fast do you tow?
I know these facts, TT tires are rated at 65 mph, and many people tow doing 70 or more. why? I think they are nuts. So having said that, how fast do the rest of us tow? I am thinking of my first tow...
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JaxDad wrote:super_camper wrote:
You make a lot of assumptions trying to justify a very dangerous towing speed, especially at night. The ticket for that speed where I live during the day with a single passenger vehicle is significant (several hundred dollars and many points). There is simply NO excuse for towing a 34' TT over 85MPH.
That's a bit of Apples vs Oranges to me, in the 3 states involved, Wyoming, Colorado and Kansas the speed limit is 75 MPH not 60 MPH like it is in Ontario, and in Ontario speeding by 15 KM/H (10 MPH) over the speed limit the fine is $37.50 and ZERO demerit points.
Dangerous driving is a Criminal Offence, being such, it is not used for anything short of an accident which results in a persons death and can be attributed to behaviour so far from that of a 'reasonable persons actions' as to be criminal in nature.
That is not speeding, in fact even Careless driving was so hard to apply to speeding that they had to invent a whole new category / offence, that of 'stunt or exhibition driving'.
Jaxdad you got me thinking - in the late 60's and early 70's the Yellowhead Highway in western Canada was 2 lane, narrow shoulders in a lot of places, and the speed limit was 65mph in our drum brakes, lap belts, flashlight headlights, bias ply tires cars and pickups. It is now 4 lanes, cars/pickups have wonderful radial tires, great big disc brakes, 400hp, airbags, ABS, etc etc and the posted limit is exactly 3.35 mph higher (110km/hr being 68.35mph). Exceed this and you are "speeding" which is, of course, "danger". Why?
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