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Re: Feds raise concern over gas pedal in fatal crash - SignOnSanDiego.com

996699 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:51:43 -0000

While this is just a very sad accident....and this is very important.... please note that Since 1975 over 15,211 lives have been lost... including 8 police officers, 2 fireman and 1 FBI agent and we do not address "Passenger Cars That Tow Trailers"? Please go to www.dangeroustrailers.org for more.

Re: Teen Critically Injured On Hayride - Detroit Local News Story - WDIV Detroit

996699 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:13:39 -0000

Dear TS69

Why is every lawsuit bad? Do you realize that since 1975 over 15,211 lives have been lost due to "Passenger Cars That Tow Trailers".

We have bad lawyers... and Good Lawyers.... It is because of Good Lawyers that our cars do not explode when you are hit in the rear.

It is the reason why we have air bags.... it is the reason why... we have a TRUNK hatch release so when you children get stuck in the trunk they do not loose their lives... it cost the car companies a few dollars to do it.

It is the reason why defective baby cribs get recalled....why defective child car seats get recalled and so on.

Do you understand that no standards are in place for this trailer?

Ask yourself this...

The next time you're out and about take notice of the countless numbers of trailers being hauled daily on our roadways. Look closely and you'll see that many are improperly attached to the tow vehicle, don't have working lights, safety chains and are unacceptably maintained. Then ask yourself, why am I riding behind or next to this person trying to kill or injury me or my family?

Does this family deserve the pain and suffering because of a total lack of SAFETY?

Re: Teen Critically Injured On Hayride - Detroit Local News Story - WDIV Detroit

996699 — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:02:50 -0000

Look at the picture of the trailer... does it look safe to you?? Who is responsible..?
Please... Please to to www.dangeroustrailers.org

Last year this happend...

4 Injured in Hayride Accident..

http://dangeroustrailershayride.blogspot.com/20...

Halloween hayride kills toddler..

http://dangeroustrailershayride.blogspot.com/20...

Car Hits Hayride...no lights..11 hurt..

http://dangeroustrailershayride.blogspot.com/20...

And I have one more..

NO TRAINING...NO INSPECTIONS...NO STANDARDS... AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED.

Why did this accident happen.... Your state does not even have a section on HOW To TOW in your Drivers Manuel.

Please our organization has been trying to address this types of accidents.

Our hope is the child will fully recover.... just a horrific accident.

Re: Boat falls off trailer, hits parked car

996699 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:41:58 -0000

When you get a moment please go to www.dangeroustrailers.org

No training,,, No standards are in place... anybody can tow anything under 3,000 pounds GWR.

We just lost a mom who was 20 this weekend and her 8 month baby was hurt and made it.

Why do we continue to allow these types of accidents to go unchecked?

Re: Two Killed Changing Flat Tire On Highway In Massachusetts | AHN

996699 — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:15:49 -0000

Same type of accident in TEXAS... Why is this happening?

An elderly Texas couple who had stopped to change a tire on their camper trailer were killed early yesterday morning along Interstate 395 when a passing sedan veered into the breakdown lane and struck them, state police said.

Robert G. Farner, 81, and Chloe K. Farner, 77, of Cottonwood Shores, Texas, were pronounced dead at the scene, state police said.

A 21-year-old Lowell man was driving a Nissan Altima in the northbound lanes of I-395, near the exit for Route 193, about 6:40 a.m. when his car plowed into the couple’s truck and camper trailer as they were working on the tire, state police said.

Geoffrey K. Wahome was seriously injured in the impact. His car flipped after the crash and came to rest in the breakdown lane on the northbound side of the highway, police said.

It wasn’t clear yesterday evening if alcohol or speed were a factor in the crash.

Mr. Wahome was taken by ambulance to UMass Memorial Medical Center for treatment, police said. He was listed in serious condition yesterday evening.

The northbound lanes of the highway were closed for about an hour until one lane was reopened to traffic about 8:15 a.m., police said. The crash remains under investigation.

Re: Two Killed Changing Flat Tire On Highway In Massachusetts | AHN

996699 — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:14:20 -0000

While this is really a horrific accident for all involved. Our prayers and thoughts go out to everybody involved. Please go to www.dangeroustrailers.org for more on these types of accidents.

The questions must be asked... why did the tire get a flat? Were the right tires used for this camper? Was a ST rated tire used? Was the Camper sold with the right kind of tire? What inspections are required? Was the tire defective? The point is if the flat never happened then the accident would have never happened.

Time and Time again our evidence has shown that over 50% of these types of vehicles combination's "Passenger Cars That Tow Trailers" have defective taillights, tires, improper safety chains, no safety chains, no connections of safety chains, broken lights, wrong tires used, homemade trailers with improper hitches coupled with wrong size tow balls ect.

Please go here to view our press release... http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/07/prweb2339...

As our Government at every level from State To Federal has simply allowed the Utility Trailer industry to dictate regulations regarding this class of vehicle. I have the "Route 66 report" By J. Standard Baker done back in 1964 which found out that out of 735 accidents that was studied on Route 66...105 or one in 7 involved a Trailer.

Here is a quote from a LA Times article...
"Company battled U.S. safety rules"
U-Haul is mostly self-regulating when it comes to towing safety — thanks largely to an aggressive campaign it led against proposed federal rules in the late 1960s and early '70s.

The safety standards would have governed trailer hitches and couplings and would have set minimum requirements for informing customers of towing risks.

Company battled U.S. safety rules
June 24, 2007

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U-Haul is mostly self-regulating when it comes to towing safety — thanks largely to an aggressive campaign it led against proposed federal rules in the late 1960s and early '70s.

The safety standards would have governed trailer hitches and couplings and would have set minimum requirements for informing customers of towing risks.

* How the crash happened
How the crash happened
* Caring for Marissa
Photos: Caring for Marissa

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Making his point, at 80 mph

They were inspired in part by the so-called Route 66 study by traffic expert J. Stannard Baker, which found that cars towing trailers along the storied roadway had accidents at four times the rate of other passenger vehicles.

U-Haul and a coalition of manufacturers, dealers and rental firms fought the rules vigorously. In a three-volume report, U-Haul attacked the Baker study as deeply flawed and insisted that motorists actually had fewer accidents when pulling trailers. It said that by taking the study seriously, the government had done "an injustice to the American trailering public."

U-Haul said that if certain proposals were adopted — such as requiring special hitches for loads over 2,000 pounds — "the trailering and rental business would virtually be wiped out."

So you see.... The Utility Trailer Industry... Profit over Safety.

Re: How much is your life worth?

996699 — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:36:38 -0000

Great article... the issue is why did the small utility trailer come unhiched in the first place. Go to www.dangeroustrailers.org Why is the government allowing anyone to build one.. the only regulation is if it is over 3,000 pounds then it needs to get inspected. So guess what these manufactures do.. make them one pound under 3,000. Over 450 people are killed each year and we do nothing.. well not I... Example.. so far 11 people have been killed by craine collapse and one just happend today. The accidents gets full press.... but just last month a family was wiped out in Idaho.. and nothing.