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19/9/2018 at 4:49pm
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Where's the high winds in the video looks like a nice day just some numpty pulling out without looking
Think we have all been in the same situation one time or another
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19/9/2018 at 4:52pm
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Sorry Bob didn't see the second video
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19/9/2018 at 4:52pm
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Seen an old guy towing on the Edinburgh city bypass today, he was struggling to keep it straight, van was getting blow all over the place, only an idiot like him would tow in gale force winds
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19/9/2018 at 10:29pm
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Quote: only an idiot like him would tow in gale force winds
i was on the motorways between liverpool, preston, blackpool, blackburn and lancaster today.
saw loads towing.
world must be full of idiots then......
i just thought...i was driving a high sided van, just like the other 140 odd drivers from our depot.
we must be idiots too...
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20/9/2018 at 7:55am
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Surely, it's not rocket science is it?
It has been proven thousands of times over that a trailer with high flat sides is likely to be somewhat unstable in very windy conditions. So in extreme weather conditions such as those experienced around the UK yesterday, surely the safest advice is to not take risks?
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20/9/2018 at 9:53am
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I towed yesterday from Burnham on Sea back to Birmingham northbound on the M5 motorway and seen several outfits in both directions towing in severe windy conditions. I must admit that in the 14 years of caravanning it's the first time towing in windy conditions but I checked the noseweight, loaded the van correctly before setting off and kept to a maximum of 55 mph. and had no problems with instability at all. However, the only idiot I did see was someone towing a caravan with a Jaguar who overtook me with no towing mirrors fitted and a twitchy unstable caravan. It's those sort of people who need to be educated in road safety when towing.
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