K2500 and 12,500 lb Keystone Raptor 3712

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

jerem0621 wrote:
T&P. I love the "if there is an accident and it's your fault you are negligent" argument. It's always used in the context of overweight towing.

My question to those people is...what happens if you cause an accident and your underweight? Does the Police, attorneys, insurance, and the judge say "Oh, they were under all their ratings, it's all good, your forgiven..?"

Nope...

The woman that rearended my wife earlier this year was under all her weights...you know how many times that came up in the conversation? Zilch...nada...none.

That lady was charged as at fault and the insurance had to pay my wife's medical bills and the restoration of the car.

Towing safely isn't about numbers...it's about common sense... Something that is all too often not common.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

Awwwwwww you saw where I was going. :B IMHO your post should be a sticky.

Many people on this forum think the little sticker on the door is regulatory no matter how many times it is proven it's not. The only thing the little sticker is for is for warrantee. GM does not want to pay for your 4L60E transmission if you decide to put a 13K TT on the back of your 1/2 ton truck and blow the thing up. Cops couldn't care less about the weight in your truck as long as you're not over the axel rating.


As far as hitting a stopped trailer or anything else for that matter. In Ca if you hit anything from behind you're at fault; no if's and's or but's. You're at fault, end of story.