Survey - who has had a citation for RV overweight?
Details appreciated like where, details of weight, fine or jail time, did your rig get towed, were you handcuffed...
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rhagfo wrote:Turtle n Peeps wrote:the bear II wrote:
Lawyers will look for overweight RVs involved in accidents
http://www.justaccidentlaw.com/motor-vehicle-accidents/rv-accidents-motor-homes/
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LOL, you don't have to be overweight to have an ambulance chaser after you!
Be way over weight and side swipe someone and you're at fault.........guess what....you're at fault.
Be under weight by thousands of pounds and side swipe someone and you're at fault.....guess what....you're at fault!
The problem comes when some idiot pulls out directly in front of you, or pulls directly in front of you and "Break Checks" you and you hit them. They will say it's your fault.
This is the reason I run with a Dash Cam, underweight or overweight, I would strongly suggest all RV's run with them!!
My favorite is always passing lanes on hills, I will be climbing at the speed limit or a bit better, and as I see the lane ends there is this sect in my rear-view mirror and it is trying for all it is worth to get a head of me. If they make it they may need to squeeze into a the space the following space I allow, then typically because that were speeding about 15 mph over what we were all going, slam on their brakes to keep from hitting the car in front of them!!!
Once again, best defense is a dash cam.
It just doesn't work that way in real life. At least in my area. The HP just doesn't have time to mess with this stuff. If an accident occurs they don't break out the scales and start weighing things. Even in a fatality case. They sweep the glass off the road and get on with getting on. It's just not like CSI on TV.
And they can't weight it later either because of chain of custody issues. This actually happen in my area. There was a fatality and the vehicles in question (boats)were taken to storage. This was a VERY high profile case which garnered nation wide attention. There was a controversy whether a light switch was on or not. The police took pictures of the switch being off in storage. It was thrown out because there was no chain of custody at all while in storage.
Dash cams are good................or not. :B They are a double edge sword. They can prove your case.................or they can convict you!
Be careful out there.
