Licensing RVers---is it time?
Is it time to insist that a special license be needed for driving/towing larger recreational vehicles. I once asked a DOT complaint officer why a person renting a GVWR 26,000 (26' box) truck could ...
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kohai wrote:
1. How do we know the accidents RV drivers are having would be avoided if they took a test? Do we know that a test would decrease the number of accidents?
How do we know the accidents of automobile and motorcycle drivers/riders are less frequent because they DID take a test, as opposed to a world in which they were not required to do the same?
We don't and we can't.
What you are asking can't be proven, as there has never been a test for RV'ers.
I believe, however, that is stands to reason that if someone HAD to pass a test and get an endorsement on their license to drive/tow an RV, they would be more likely learn how to properly drive/tow and RV.
It's just like when my wife and I wanted to get motorcycle endorsements. We didn't expect to just show up and wing it. We searched out motorcycle training opportunities before the test. That MAY not have made us safer motorcyclists, but I would take the odds on that one.
