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I am so cross at caravan owners on the motorway!!...M4, M5 and M25

We have just driven from Devon up to North London on Sat and returned on Sunday.

On Sat we saw 2 flipped caravans on the M5 and I mentioned to the hubby that I wondered how it could have happened??  We then decided to watch the speed and control of drivers towing caravans.

We were overtaken by at least 10 people towing caravans and we were doing 70 mph. The vans were swerving and we saw on 5 occassions, vans nearly missing traffic in the fast lane!

The speed limit I thought was 60mph for towing a van? Correct me if I am wrong. 

People were towing large vans with very small cars and in one instance we saw an elderly gentleman towing a van with a small dog sat on his lap!!

On the way back down to Devon we were cut up twice by towers who didn't even indicate before they pulled out in front of us doing at least 70mph!!

No wonder accidents happen with caravans.

Is this normal or were we just unlucky??

As a caravan owner I was like you very upset when travelling down to Devon in July to see so many caravans been towed to fast....OH stuck to 55 on the motorway and I lost count of how many vans passed us.... some just rushed passed us it was very frightening to watch... I said to OH 'why are they in such a rush?'

It is just so sad that some give everyone a bad name,

we witnessed a bad accident on the A47 in norfolk yeasterday,  one drivers stupidity has ruined 2 families holidays.

we were in a que of traffic and as soon as we reached the duel carriage way  the second caravan in the que ( an older twin axle being towed by a peugeot estate ) decided to try and over take the car and caravan in front who were doing the 55 limit.

as the tow car drew level with the front of the caravan he was overtaking one of his caravan tyres blew out! the peugeot car hit the front of the caravan he was overtaking, his caravan side swiped it then the whole overtaking unit jackknifed and ended up in the central reservation!

there were bits of car and caravan spread all over the road, luckily in a couple of minutes all the passengers were out sitting on the road looking ok so we just drove on by as several other cars were stopping.

one minutes sillyness had just ruined 2 families holidays as at 1pm on a saturday i bet they were heading to the norfolk coast on holiday.

I live in the area of the M5 M42 M40 & M6 & have lost count on how many times each motorway has been stationary with over turned caravans.

I too wondered why & came to the conclusion that speed was the cause as i too had caravans passing me as if  i was doing 40mph when in fact i was doing 60mph.

SO ALL I CAN SAY IS SLOW DOWN IF YOU DON'T WISH TO END UP IN THE SAME WAY. & IF YOUR IN THAT MUCH OF A HURRY SET OUT EARLIER & GET TO YOUR DESTINATION IN ONE PIECE.

I find it hard to get my head round this one when you're complaining of other people going too fast when you have wrote :-

We were overtaken by at least 10 people towing caravans and we were doing 70 mph. The vans were swerving and we saw on 5 occassions, vans nearly missing traffic in the fast lane!

The speed limit I thought was 60mph for towing a van? Correct me if I am wrong. 

You're saying that you were doing 70 m.p.h. so are you not as bad as the others when you were also breaking the speed limit. ????

Quote: Originally posted by whiterosesom on 09/8/2009

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I find it hard to get my head round this one when you're complaining of other people going too fast when you have wrote :-

We were overtaken by at least 10 people towing caravans and we were doing 70 mph. The vans were swerving and we saw on 5 occassions, vans nearly missing traffic in the fast lane!

The speed limit I thought was 60mph for towing a van? Correct me if I am wrong. 

You're saying that you were doing 70 m.p.h. so are you not as bad as the others when you were also breaking the speed limit. ????

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We were overtaken by at least 10 people towing caravans and we were doing 70 mph. The vans were swerving and we saw on 5 occassions, vans nearly missing traffic in the fast lane!

The speed limit I thought was 60mph for towing a van? Correct me if I am wrong. 

You're saying that you were doing 70 m.p.h. so are you not as bad as the others when you were also breaking the speed limit. ????

Perhaps if you had taken the time to read my post correctly.......I do not tow a caravan.. I was driving my car at the correct speed limit on the motorway of no more than 70mph.......and I was being overtaken by caravan drivers.

Just got back from Cornwall and we were passed by at least ten cars towing trailers or trailer tents one doing about 80 mph,they seem to think as a trailer tows easily the are above the law.

Andy

Quote: Originally posted by AndyandLynda on 09/8/2009

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Just got back from Cornwall and we were passed by at least ten cars towing trailers or trailer tents one doing about 80 mph,they seem to think as a trailer tows easily the are above the law.

Andy

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