Trailer crash on mountain road.
Yet but another horrific lose of control of RV as seen from the dash cam of a semi-truck. VIDEO http://www.carbuzz.com/news/2017/8/29/Watch-The-Moment-A-Trailer-Trashes-A-Ford-Excursion-At-High-S...
Forum Discussion
rockhillmanor wrote:When I watched this video, hard not to notice the speed differential between the TV/TT and the semi as the TV/TT passed. Odds are, the resulting "wind wash" seriously aggravated a pre-existing sway problem. Speed was a contributing factor, but speed alone did not cause this accident----speed AND sway did.downtheroad wrote:X100
I'm a simple man....and I like to keep things simple...weight this, tow vehicle that, physics this, highway that.......
Simple root of the cause....HE WAS GOING TOO FAST.
AMEN to that! :B
IMO, if this TV/TT had been properly configured, the sway (and the accident) shown in this video would have never occurred. It would have simply been a rather innocuous video of a TV/TT passing a semi at an unsafe, excessive speed.
In my estimation, wind wash from the semi started the sway. As we've all experienced, when a semi passes you, or you pass a semi (especially when there's high speed differential), there's a significant push and pull motion--perfect ingredients for magnifying any existing sway problems one may have.
