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what a complete plonker!!

putting your lives and other at risk!! stupid and pathetic person...im sorry!!

This topic is doing my head in.

I have yet to read any firm and logical arguements why towing at the legal limit in France is automatically dangerous.

With my caravan/car combination I can tow at 65 / 70mph  quite happily when on the Autoroute in France but if I had a larger/heavier towcar am sure that 130Kph (80 mph) would be perfectly safe. I have seen examples of combinations being driven at 50mph that are in my opinion lethal due to obvious bad loading/weight matching.

The speed I choose to travel is of course also dependant on road/wind conditions. I do not presume to judge others, although if I think they are driving unsafely I do my best to steer clear; and can only assume that none of the British Cravanners who have often passed me travelling well in excess of my speed are members of this forum.

I'm not sure that personal insults take the debate much further either.

Quote: Originally posted by HappyCamper2004 on 30/6/2007

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what a complete plonker!!

putting your lives and other at risk!! stupid and pathetic person...im sorry!!

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Quote: Originally posted by RichardB52 on 30/6/2007

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Maybe all the people flashing at you could see something wrong about your outfit that you weren't aware of from the inside, maybe a bit looking like it's about to fall off or something trailing on the ground.

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In my opinion any one travelling at that speed with a perfectly matched car and caravan has no considereation for other road users.  It is not an issue of speed, but rather any issue of consideration for others in the event that you have a blow out which could happen with brand new tyres.  Secondly what if some other moron decide to cut across your bow forcing you to brake, this may result in a snake. 

Once you have had the "pleasure" of attending to people, especially a child, at the scene of an accident, speed becomes a thing of the past.  Part of my job at the time involved travelling at speeds well in excess of 100mph from point A to B but in order to do this I had to undergo extensive training and do a written as well as another driving test, more like an advanced advance driving test.  No, I was not in the traffic police and neither was I a paramdeic.

However this posting sounds like a proper wind up as a similar post has appeared on other caravan forums which also created a lot of debate.  I doubt if any sane person would be foolhardy enough to push a caravan to its limits in order to arrive at a destination a few hours early and then brag about it.

 I have driven artics for over forty years, towed caravans for over thirty. If you were to witness the carnage, and heart break that occurs through thoughtless people like yourself, perhaps you would drive with more care and consideration for other road users. It's your type of driving that tars all vanners with the same brush.

How do you know your unit was stable. I've been passed many times by drivers quite unaware that the rear if their units had a slight wobble until they ended up side down on the side of the road. A car is not built to stick over one ton on the back, and speed down the mways, thats your reason. I hope you don't end up on the side of the road with all your possesions spread for miles along the carriageway. 

Quote: Originally posted by faucon on 30/6/2007

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 I hope you don't end up on the side of the road with all your possesions spread for miles along the carriageway. 

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Total windup, lets hope I am never on the same motorway as you ....

Cheers  Ratty