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That is what I was told when coming into work this morning.  So I just checked it out.  Very very sad news but read below.

Whether or not a caravan was involved, it is highly unlikely that it caused a crash.

Poor driving, sloppy loading, inadeqaute maintainence could be cuases, but they all come down to a person or people, not a caravan.

Quote: Originally posted by dirtydisco on 13/7/2007

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Whether or not a caravan was involved, it is highly unlikely that it caused a crash.

Poor driving, sloppy loading, inadeqaute maintainence could be cuases, but they all come down to a person or people, not a caravan.

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Entirely agree, dirtydisco.  Any vehicle or its trailer is unsafe if maintained/loaded/driven in a poor manner.

The problem is that certain types of people detest certain types of vehicles, to the extent that they will leap with glee upon an incident involving an object of their hate, immediately blaming objects of that type as being the root cause of accidents.

Fortunately, common sense reigns in the brains of the sane.  For towing a caravan, I have never been quoted an increase in my car insurance, neither have I been subject to special conditions; and I do not know anyone who has.

Bertie.

I always find that when being told about anything I havent seen for myself the words " show me " usually stop the subject or indeed confirm what is being touted. ie:

"  There's an article in the paper this morning about a caravan causing a death on the M4 "

Reply:- " Show me "

RSM

I'm with Andy R on this one. Can't see the point of the post.

You heard something, checked it out and found it untrue so why bring it to the attention of others if its meaningless.

It's your mate at work you want to be speaking to.

harryb

I was trying to highlight how people always jump to wrong conclusions about caravans.

If you thought it was meaningless I am sorry for wasting your valuable time!

What is wrong with some of you?

if you dont want to read the post then don't there is no need for catty coments.

Thanks all for the support, I thought it was me yesterday!

donneville, what is the site and beach on your profile?

Quote: Originally posted by HarryB on 13/7/2007

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I'm with Andy R on this one. Can't see the point of the post.

You heard something, checked it out and found it untrue so why bring it to the attention of others if its meaningless.

It's your mate at work you want to be speaking to.

harryb

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Lets put the record straight on this one. I am not an antagonistic person. I don't go out to cause trouble least of all on here or other newsgroups.

 Some of the replies seem to think otherwise. All I can say is you have read my post wrongly. As worded, above, it says "if it's meaningless" which was meant to imply the information was meaningless because it was untrue. If it said "its meaningless" then that would imply I was having a go at Scarletfan as an individual, which I most certainly was not. What I wanted to get across was the fact the the original information was from his workmate and was untrue. It was here that he should have had a go at his mate.

Hope this clears up things.

harryb