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Quote: Originally posted by realbusdriver on 13/4/2014

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hopefully all concerned in the op came out ok,
yes there are a lot of new 'vanner's on the road but just as with new drivers , we've all had to start some where, no-one is born knowing how to tow a caravan or drive at all for that matter.

at the same time even the most experienced of drivers & 'vanners can have an accident.

experience helps us to reduce the chances but they can will and do still happen.

towing is a potentially dangerous pass time but so is driving as a whole.

before judging those involved in the op maybe we should take a step back and think 'there but for the grace of God', after all, none of us are immune to the un-expected event, like a blow out on the 'van for example or an un-expected cross wind, lot's of experienced 'vanners have had this happen with varying degree's of severity regarding outcome

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I think a lot of the problems are caused by stabilisers giving folks a false sense of security. Much better to feel a wag at 50mph and keep the speed down. The stabiliser stops the wag until a certain point is reached then gives up altogether leaving you hopelesly unstable.

The non-uniform speed limits set by fleet operators on their HGVs cause a lot of overtaking and a lot of extra congeston. I feel it would be much better to have a common speed limiter setting and towing speed limit of say 55mph for all HGVs and caravans. This would keep them all in convoy in the slow lane, except perhaps for uphill sections.

Small trailers, say up to 500kg, should be allowed a higher speed limit, perhaps even the national limit of 70mph. This may have a knock on benefit of reducing the number of caravans and hence the number of 4x4s bought to tow them, allowing folks to run small fuel efficient cars reducing CO2 emmisions.

Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 13/4/2014

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Coming back from Stirling yesterday,this clown was just sitting below 70mph.His van was bouncing as well as the odd sway now and again.As you can guess i put the foot down to pass him as i didnt want to be a witness to an accident.

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Quote: Originally posted by jeff juke on 13/4/2014

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Coming back from Stirling yesterday,this clown was just sitting below 70mph.His van was bouncing as well as the odd sway now and again.As you can guess i put the foot down to pass him as i didnt want to be a witness to an accident.

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