Boat trailer comes loose - tragic.
It just happened not far away from me, I do not see any chains .... http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/boat-trailer-slips-off-truck-fatally-strikes-si-cyclist/ar-AAeiF5A?li=BBgzzfc
Forum Discussion
Yup all arm chair investigators...but here are mine...
The pic shows 'cops' checking it and think they put it back together to see what the
heck was the setup
Pintle is for a tongue end without a coupler as we normally think on this form, but
for a 'eye' like this:
Noticed that there appears to be NO surge brakes, as most boat trailers are
setup that way...as electric brakes do NOT do well submerged
Also, that type of TV Ball/Pintle is designed to have the top part
latched DOWN. Some have self safety, others a pin to hold down the
top part....but looks like the coupler has its latch in the way...so
wondering of the driver had the pintle top portion 'down' or was it
left 'up' ???
Don't see any safety chains either, but not to say there was none...
Article says two times that the trailer became disconnected
Says the TV stopped 100 feet later...if me traveling on a boulevard
where cyclists were...I'd be able to stop way shorter than that...now
that the trailer is no longer hooked up...opinion is that he was going
more than 25MPH-35MPH
First image is of one mangled bicycles...they got hit dead on
In Calif, a 22-foot Trophy fishing boat would be over the min weight
limit where trailer brakes are REQUIRED
If true that the hitch was modified...who ever did the mod's now owns
the liability and hope they knew what they were doing and did it
WELL...and their insurance policy is a good on...plus umbrella policy
in the millions of bucks...
The pic shows 'cops' checking it and think they put it back together to see what the
heck was the setup
Pintle is for a tongue end without a coupler as we normally think on this form, but
for a 'eye' like this:
Noticed that there appears to be NO surge brakes, as most boat trailers are
setup that way...as electric brakes do NOT do well submerged
Also, that type of TV Ball/Pintle is designed to have the top part
latched DOWN. Some have self safety, others a pin to hold down the
top part....but looks like the coupler has its latch in the way...so
wondering of the driver had the pintle top portion 'down' or was it
left 'up' ???
Don't see any safety chains either, but not to say there was none...
Article says two times that the trailer became disconnected
Says the TV stopped 100 feet later...if me traveling on a boulevard
where cyclists were...I'd be able to stop way shorter than that...now
that the trailer is no longer hooked up...opinion is that he was going
more than 25MPH-35MPH
First image is of one mangled bicycles...they got hit dead on
In Calif, a 22-foot Trophy fishing boat would be over the min weight
limit where trailer brakes are REQUIRED
If true that the hitch was modified...who ever did the mod's now owns
the liability and hope they knew what they were doing and did it
WELL...and their insurance policy is a good on...plus umbrella policy
in the millions of bucks...
