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how the france did anyone forget or not notice the van was on the back, it is a blinking great white thing after all. dont we all when towing glance at the internal mirror to check the thing is still running true??? or more importantly did the dude not wind down the jockey wheel to ensure the van was hitched on or lift up the van??

clowns like that should not be on the road

He didn't have any mirrors on?  What not even the standard fit one each side and the b*gger in the middle???!!!!  I hope you took his reg and reported him to get him removed from the roads because I sure as heck wouldn't want anything to do with him!

Ali

Thirty years ago I was returning from a holiday with our tourer with my parents up the A34 near Weston on the Green, Oxford.  Behind us were our friends (my 'Uncle Frank & Aunty Muriel' as I had always called them) towing their 2 berth Ace with a Ford Capri. 

Approaching a Little Chef on the right hand side of the road my dad overtook an old Rover that was parked by the side of the road.  Unfortunately our friends behind were busy looking at the gliders in the sky and noticed the Rover too late - result he swerved, car missed Rover but caravan did not and wrenched it off sending it across the A34 and into a Triumph Herald leaving the Little Chef car park!. Ensuing obvious pandamonium, fortunately no injuries anywhere but a disintegrated Ace.

Reason for my relating this is my 'Uncle Frank' later related that that at the moment of impact he did not realise the caravan had gone and only realised a few moments later when his wife calmly turned to him and said:

'Frank dear...... you appear to have lost the caravan.......' 

Similar thing happened to me a few years ago I was sat at a roundabout behind a caravan when all of a sudden there was a loud bang and the caravans tow hitch hit the ground the towcar dissapeared off round the roundabout on its merry way, I stuck my 4 way flashers on jumped out wound the jockeywheel down yanked on the handbrake and waited for the car to realise something was missing

. When the car did return the elderly gentleman was getting some serious earbashing from his equally elderly Wife I just put the van back on the hitch double checked  it was secure and said  see ya !  I wonder If His missus has every let him forget it yet ?

The evening I bought my current caravan, I was in such a rush with excitement I let the seller hitch it up while I put my mirrors on, I didn't check he'd done it properly. He checked the lights for me (at least I knew the plugs were in properly )

I pulled off the drive and turned into the road - straightaway I heard a big bang and checked my mirrors to see the van was now too far behind to be still attached!

I really don't see how anyone could not notice it happen.

Quote: Originally posted by brianconwy on 17/7/2009

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Maybe he is one of these people who, when talking about their towcar say you wouldn't even know the van was there.

Brian

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LOL ................ Sorry I couldn't help but Laugh out loud at that comment.

Seriously though what a dangerous thing to NOT notice you lost your caravan.