Who has ever been weighed when RV towing?

bid_time wrote:

fpresto wrote:
I guess you can count me in the weight police camp but it has nothing to do with being pulled over and getting a ticket. Any fine from being over weight for the TV is peanuts compared to the dollar amount from a civil suit. You may not even get a ticket but if you are involved in a wreck and sued; juries decide civil cases on emotion. I can guarantee that if you are overweight the plaintiffs lawyer will find out and will stress that fact over and over to the jury. You will be painted as reckless and a danger to the public and probably a threat the American way of life. If there are injuries, especially to children you will probably lose. The civil suit lawyers are experts at playing on a juries emotions.

So can you point to even one case where that has happened - Didn't think so. The fact is you would have to prove "Gross Negligence", a very high threshold and you would be hard pressed to get there. All in all, you got a better chance of being struck by lightning - twice.

and YOU can prove WITH statistics that the odds of being struck by lightning twice is more apt to happen to someone than one being sued for "gross negligence" if a TV and what it's towing were involved in a wreck and someone was injured??? Really??? When people sue over getting a cup of coffee that was too hot from Mickey Dee's? When people sue anyone for anything in these United States...Believe you could have used a more "reachable" illustration than "better chance of being hit by lightning twice" ( which is something like 1 in 9,000,000), though it HAS happened..

I believe odds are MUCH better in these United States to being sued over just about ANYTHING, than to be struck by lightning twice.

Most in here are more concerned about those who ignore all weight limits recommended by their vehicles manufacturer, those that also ignore speed ratings on their ST tires, thus, possibly making them a danger to others around them...nothing may ever happen, but I figure if I tow under all my trucks limits at speeds that are "safe", then I figure I have a pretty good chance of having a safe towing trip to and from wherever I'm going or coming from, won't abuse my truck, will get fairly decent mpg and will do it all as safely as possible. ...BUT, it still doesn't mean something may not happen, don't believe anyone can guarantee that....

I won't recommend people overload their trucks or whatever it is they're towing, just because the "odd's" are they will never be pulled over....What does that have to do with being safe or not abusing ones vehicle? much less whats it say about a person who does knowingly overloads and races down the highway and doesn't seem to care what happens to them or anyone around them....just doesn't make sense to me that some can promote this type of towing and make fun of those who don't want to tow like that....