No not the usual whinging about them holding up traffic..... however...
Just back from my holiday in Newquay. and on the way there, and the way back, in the exact same downhill spot on the A30, a caravan had jack knifed. First time it was a Focus towing, second time a CRV. Both times both vehicles were very badly damaged.
This made me more aware of the caravans on the road and there seems to be loads which are quite long (my dad has had 'vans for 30 odd years and these were all bigger than his 5 berth ones) but being towed by normal run-of-the-mill cars.
These vans are single axle and have probably 20 + foot in length pivoted on this one axle which, when the laws of physics kick in, can be very dangerous!
Is there any governance over who can tow what nowadays? Does anyone like VOSA ever check kerbweights etc?
I remember when stabilisers first appeared on the market, my dad got one fitted and always had one till he gave up his caravan last year. Gave much more stability but you always ran the risk that if the van tipped, the stabiliser could result in the car tipping with it!
One last observation, loads of vans registrations not matching the towing vehicle - I wonder how many of them had been pinched? Especially the van which did match the towing Transit but when passing I noticed that the rear of the Transit was missing its plate - this was obviously the plate that was on the back of the van...
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Caravans new
Caravans new