Re: [RC] Another Horse Rig Accident - Mary Ann Spencer
All mentioned could be possible. Speed was
not mentioned. I have towed this same scenario but not problems.
Maybe there will be an update for all of us to learn from it. I have even
towed a long 2 horse with Ford ranger. maybe I was just lucky. Was
slow but did ok.
Possibly. Weight distributing hitch, would probably have
helped.
It is very very common for folk to overcorrect when a skid, or
sway happens. The result is a counter skid etc. Since they were slow
to correct and then corrected to much the first time things get even worse
the second time.
A number of years ago, there was a video sequence,
taken I believe Atlanta, showing cars going around a slick corner and doing
this. The TV video showed dozens of cars.
It is a failure of
our driver's education process, that allows a person to get a license with
no skidding practice.
Skids and sways with a trailer are 100% harder to
control than just with a car.
Ed Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994
Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875
