One point to consider is that he was towing on local roads and not on the interstate nor at those speeds. That said, I sometimes wonder how a lot of us are still around from some of the things we did in the past. Not only were there no setbelts, but the dash wasn't padded, had no air bags, but plenty of sharp knobs to impale yourself on. Heck I recall my son sitting in a car seat (upfront of course) that was made of a tin frame and canvas that hooked over the seat back and had a plastic steering wheel. Wow! talk about dangerous but most of us are still here.