Trailer comes unhitched, kills 1.
Pretty tragic- http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Road-shut-down-after-serious-crash-in-Lincoln-County-425179783.html No info on how in the world the trailer came loose....
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TNGW1500SE wrote:
I'd like to know more. Were there safety chains on the trailer?
My boat trailer had hydraulic brakes and there was a small safety cable that applied the brakes if the trailer came loose. On my TT I had electric brakes. If the trailer came loose, no brakes would be applied. Looks like there could be some kind of system that applied the brakes if the trailer came loose.
Trains apply the brakes by default. The air holds the brakes "open". If an air line blows, the brakes are applied. Trailers are the other way around. Might be something to learn from trains.
Still wouldn't prevent all deaths but seems reasonable to investigate.
I always wonder why there's not trailer & hitch inspections required but here in Tennessee there's not even vehicle inspections. If it runs, you can drive it. Yearly vehicle inspections should be mandatory everywhere. There's people diving cars with bad tires, no brakes and ball joints ready to break. The only thing protecting you from them is a yellow line.
There were many safety features that failed or neglected to get to this result.
