Supplemental Brakes Confession Time
Hello. Long time member and have been driving my American Coach Revolution 42T for over 2 years now and LOVE it. I just upgraded my 2007 Ford Escape (towed it with a two wheel tow dolly) to a ...
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Bumpyroad wrote:PastorCharlie wrote:
http://drivinglaws.aaa.com/tag/trailer-brakes/
North Carolina
Every semitrailer, trailer, or separate vehicle attached by a drawbar or coupling to a towing vehicle of at least 4,000 lbs., and every house trailer weighing at least 1,000 lbs., shall be equipped with brakes controlled or operated by the driver of the towing vehicle.
North Carolina seems to clarify that whatever you call it, if you are dragging it behind your motorhome, it needs brakes.
and when I towed a toad, I was not concerned about the $500 fine or whatever for not having a braking/breakaway system, I was worried about the $5,000,000 civil suit for negligence awarded by some jury.
bumpy
My worry has always been about possibly saving someone from injury or death as a result of not being able to stop a few feet sooner and regardless of any laws on the books of which I could care less about. This I've stated many times before on like threads and never can figure out why laws, lawsuits and the like, seem to be the only concern with some, when the discussion should be, not if, but maybe what works best, without much in the line of failure.
I've seen some of these threads go on longer than it took me to order and install the whole system, for chrissy sakes and by now, the OP should have had his installed and working, as well.
On the note of safety and not long ago, we saw a small car load of people in front of us and up against the back window was this small child with only a few inches between him and the outside, so again, one foot of stopping distance could mean a lot.
