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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Effy wrote:uncle t wrote:
hard to swallow foolish comments about being able to stop on a dime without toad brakes. you all need to look at the chart. without sup brakes stopping distance is almost double. if you ever rear end anyone without the required brakes, I hope you have a lot of $$$ for the negligence damages award that will be levied against you.
This is what I am taking about. What chart details stopping distance with or without sup brakes? A manufacturer of sup brakes? Thousands of factors from the MH itself, weight, pad wear, heat, road conditions, weight of the toad, combined weight etc etc, go into this. No chart can detail that. And the second part, again is conjecture. Doom and gloom. The total assumption that you will be negligent in an accident based on sup brakes alone is silly at best. It may be a factor, but it's an assumption. Stick to the law and facts.
I use a brake system so I don't know why I even care, but....unless you kill someone through blatant negligence, I can't see it being a huge deal if you can't stop. Tort law is pretty clear, you have to be negligent and show blatant disregard to others. Your distances are longer to stop anyway and I don't buy the 4K toad doubles stopping distance. I drive a MH and the Jeep does not double my stopping distance nor does the supp brake even come on much. I tell you all, my tanks being full and sloshing around do more than my Jeep on the back of the MH.
