A picture is worth a thousand words!

rockhillmanor wrote:

So, let's say we make people buying a camper at a dealership watch this - what's their take away? How do you make lessons from this video that can be actionable for the people watching it?

1.That they NEED to know what the correct tow vehicle, tow set up is for what RV they are buying. Or that could be the consequences.

But that's the thing. In the one clip, it was literally a dually pulling a moderately sized travel trailer. The truck was a correct tow vehicle.

I'm all for user education. Heck, it's why I started and maintain the LearnToRV website. But, I just don't think this video proves anything other than "caca happens".

rockhillmanor wrote:
2. And it also shows just what can happen when driving too fast towing. My bet is on that a newbie has NO idea that you can flip ass over apple cart like in those videos when towing a trailer.

Again, it's hard to say if speed was a factor in any/many of these. It definitely had nothing to do with the boat coming off of the trailer.

rockhillmanor wrote:
It would at least give them pause to think about just what they are buying AND to ask questions what can happen to their precious family if they have not thoroughly researched and learned everything related to towing BEFORE they buy a TT.

I still think newbies would benefit tremendously from viewing those videos.

I do agree a bit that it will hopefully get them to stop and think.

I think there could be WAY more value in it, if it was presented as an educational type of video. "With this setup, the problem is X and it led to this conclusion." Right now, it's just a bunch of crashes- no different than watching the 11' 8" videos where people smash into the bridge. As it is presented now, it's little more than morbid entertainment.

rockhillmanor wrote:
When you full-time like I do you see it all.:R

If it helps, I do fulltime also. :)

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BenK, I didn't quote your post as this got long already. But my responses to you are basically the same- yes, this does a good job of showing that the **** can hit the fan. But, I don't think it is a good representation of what not to do. There were so many scenarios and no stopping to discuss what went wrong that I can't see it really being useful outside of shock and awe that bad stuff happens.

And, I don't think there's much you can do to combat the mindset of "it won't happen to me".

And again, let me reiterate - I'm all for education and helping people. I run a website dedicated to newbies learning to RV.