Toad brakes
I am getting ready to go full time and was wondering. I know some states require brakes on toads. If I come from a state that does not require brakes, do I need brakes on my toad to visit the states t...
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Executive wrote:Effy wrote:
This topic gets beat to death about once a week. I have yet to see any evidence where an aux braking system prevented an accident that would have otherwise occurred. Not saying that it doesn't happen but there is simply no data that I have seen, and I have asked on here repeatedly. /snip/
I agree it gets beat to death every time it's brought up. Most RVers want to be as safe as possible, but let's face it, there's a lot of em that are simply too cheap. (read some of the tire threads) That said, where would you look to find statistical information. If I make a panic stop, which I have, and no accident occurs, I simply change my shorts and move on. If there is an accident, a report is filed and the insurance companies do their thing and it's done. Now, if there's a serious injury and for sure if there's a fatality, things get a little more complicated. That coach that killed the trooper in Tennessee last month will be impounded and dissected, three ways to heaven. Will we hear about the results? Maybe, but probably not. For his sake I hope he was 100% legal. Otherwise, he's looking at a possible manslaughter charge or at the least a wrongful death suit. Those things only come out in a court of law. To find that type of statistical information would take more research than I have time for...if anyone is interested in doing so, I'll be happy to tell you where to look.....:B.....Dennis
That's sort of my point Dennis. Playing devil's advocate. Everyone rants about what will happen and doom and gloom but it's all conjecture without the support of analytical data. Plenty on the car side, nothing on the MH side. What you are left with is the law and some applied common sense. I think brakes are a great idea. I mean why not? But folks rant on here about what will happen if you don't have them and it's all conjecture - no facts. The facts reside in the law and possibly negligence. The guy in TN is likely negligent regardless of how his MH was set up. I don't think that had anything to do with stopping in time and more about the guy simply disregarding the signs and tried to skirt the traffic.
