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[notaz3]

This is statute for Texas. Extended Loads | Department of Public Safety Most states seem to have similar laws. Reading further you will find that means 4 feet beyond the rear bumper.

California and Idaho are also 4 feet from taillight.

As far as leaving the hitch in the receiver... Mine stays in because I'm often going to or from hauling a trailer, and see no need to keep removing it. My truck has a trailer hooked up to it 70-80% of the miles it runs.

 

[Code54]

Same here - I may only put 2000 miles on my truck in a year and 1800 of them are with a trailer so it is not worth removing it anyway.

 

[Grumpycat]

How can a sharp lawyer apply that one it's his clients fault for running into the back of the truck?????

Again that is not what I said. I said you are liable for additional damages, damages over and above what would have occurred had you not had a spike sticking out of the back of your vehicle.

You are trying to pretend I said your drawbar makes you responsible for all damages when getting rear-ended.

 

[Jstpssng]

I tried to remove the hitch from my last company truck before it was traded. After 4 years it had rusted into place so badly that I couldn't get it out... even after hooking a chain to a tree and pulling in 4 Lo. The steel in those isn't the highest quality and rusts easily. That's why when Diggin was posting about his '98 Yukon I suggested he replace the receiver.

 

[Code54]

Again that is not what I said. I said you are liable for additional damages, damages over and above what would have occurred had you not had a spike sticking out of the back of your vehicle.

You are trying to pretend I said your drawbar makes you responsible for all damages when getting rear-ended.

Sorry, but that is incorrect, you are not liable for additional damage to the offending vehicle. The hitch is a standard, commonly accepted legal attachment and does not cause you any additional liability for damage to the vehicle that hits you. The person that hit you is at fault and the damage caused by your vehicle is not an issue.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I remember the hitch in debate on TBN before. If someone is that close to you, they deserve to hit it.

 

[Dftodd]

Again that is not what I said. I said you are liable for additional damages, damages over and above what would have occurred had you not had a spike sticking out of the back of your vehicle.

You are trying to pretend I said your drawbar makes you responsible for all damages when getting rear-ended.

Liable for what damages???? Your the one not making sense.

Your not liable for any damages if someone hits you.

If you back into some, then yes your liable for damages.

 

[Dftodd]

I remember the hitch in debate on TBN before. If someone is that close to you, they deserve to hit it.

I absolutely agree.

 

[California]

If someone is that close to you, they deserve to hit it.

I looked but can't find it ...

There was a cartoon where someone tired of being parked in, in a high-density urban area, modified the bike rack on his VW to swing down and hammer a VW-logo dent in the hood of anyone who hit his rear bumper hard enough.

I think it was just imaginary. But somebody somewhere must have done it.

 

[Renze]

If mine became a missile in my truck, my truck would have hit or been hit hard enough to kill everyone in the cab anyway, so the point is moot. I keep it stowed in a compartment under the seat, not on the floor of the back seat.

Wrong. Hit the back of your head at the brain stem and you'll die on the spot, because the autonomous nerve system controlling breath and heart resides there. I knew a woman who fell from the stair while visiting her elderly father and died instantly. Her stepmother, also in her 70s, died the same day due to a heart attack from panicking over her stepdaughter.

I myself am one year in, trying to recover from brain injury after i fell off my bike. They say i was lucky i lied in a pouring rain storm so i became hypothermic, it most likely saved me from swelling and further damage.

You really dont need much hitting on your head