Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

lilranch2001 · Jan 4, 2021

Indiana has banned operating your vehicle while on your phone, and I can say almost every trip I make into town I see someone staring at their phone

senecak19 · Jan 4, 2021

I failed to grab a photo the other day of three people attempting to tie down a fridge standing upright in the back of a Tacoma with the free flag string at Home Depot. “That’ll hold it”.

rangerfredbob · Jan 4, 2021

LD48750 said:
Why would you pull out in front of a truck, let alone one with a loaded trailer behind it?

Have you ever towed anything? I don't think I've ever been out towing without being cut off, people see all that space in front of you (that you left to be safe) and just want to be there... and apparently the think "That guy's big, I just HAVE to get out in front of him so I can go 5mph slower than he's going", not sure the logic on that one...

LD48750 · Jan 4, 2021

Norm W said:
They would pull out because they aren't paying attention. They have a video screen in front of them, a cell phone in their hand, a car the tells them if there is a car next to them, what could possibly go wrong? Driving is the last thing they are thinking about and for some of them it will be.

duramaxsky said:
That or they don't want to be behind the truck pulling a trailer.

Jstpssng said:
They would pull out because they don't expect a pickup with a grossly overloaded trailer. Or it might be that the car in front of him stopped to make a turn. Or it he might have been the one not paying attention...
When you are driving through town with a load which is over twice what the truck is designed to stop, all sorts of things can go wrong.
Plus it wasn't his truck, and he was pulling a borrowed trailer.

rangerfredbob said:
Have you ever towed anything? I don't think I've ever been out towing without being cut off, people see all that space in front of you (that you left to be safe) and just want to be there... and apparently the think "That guy's big, I just HAVE to get out in front of him so I can go 5mph slower than he's going", not sure the logic on that one...

Seems to me those are the stupid unsafe drivers that would be at fault, not the guy hauling a trailer within the weight limits of his truck.
And if YOU would pull out in front of someone and then STOP, you deserve whatever happens to you & should pay for the others damage.

lilranch2001 · Jan 4, 2021

Except in most instances in a rear end crash, the person who runs into the car in front will be cited, unless they can get a witness to testify that the car in front did something unsafe/illegal, and in most cases, that isn稚 going to happen

aczlan · Jan 5, 2021

lilranch2001 said:
Except in most instances in a rear end crash, the person who runs into the car in front will be cited, unless they can get a witness to testify that the car in front did something unsafe/illegal, and in most cases, that isn稚 going to happen

Which is why I run a dashcam.

Aaron Z