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15/8/2016 at 11:44pm
Location: Teesside
Outfit: Challenger Sport 524 + Volvo V90 D5
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The ATC will be working but It's programmed to cut in under certain circumstances only, either a couple of violent snakes or several smaller ones.
Being sucked towards a lorry, though disconcerting if unexpected, will not activate it. When it does activate it merely brakes both caravan wheels to slow things down, and you would feel this very clearly in your car. It's not anything like as sophisticated as a car stability system.
From what you say about loading the van, weight seems to be at the sides and perhaps the rear, but not at the front and not on the floor (which would aid stability). I would experiment with this, notwithstanding your desire for a mid-journey cuppa, and also check your noseweight is at the towbar max.
With regard to your speed, while this was illegal it should not be dangerous per se, in the same way cars don't become dangerously unstable at 75mph. I understand that modern caravans and tyres are rated to around 80mph should the law permit. But air turbulence and resistance build exponentially, both from your own rig and from other traffic, so these factors at 65mph are much greater than at 60mph. This is why I get 35mpg at 56mph, but at only 4 mph more this drops to 28 - or less again with a headwind.
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