Last week when in lane 2 doing a displayed 70, I had 2 vans overtake me in lane 3 and both were towing a trailer. No one cars about rules and if they do, they have no idea of the disruption they cause 000’s of others when it goes wrong. We have become dumb and selfish.
@carlbarkham311515 күн бұрын
The amount of people who tow a wobble-box and don’t know anything about towing. They have probably loaded everything up for their holiday in the front of the caravan so the weight balance is all wrong. If it does start to snake, accelerate and it will pull it straight again, once back to normal ease off the throttle.
@chloehood635518 күн бұрын
It has to have a positive balance on the towbar of at least 50kg then it will be more stable, if its a caravan or a trailer makes no difference. If its a 4 wheel twin axle , the tyre pressures need to be adjusted as well especially in an unloaded trailer. All this works, ive had 40 years of towing experience its also published in van and trailer manual small print. R
@Tall-Guy17 күн бұрын
Good advice.
@JosephWood1941-iz6miАй бұрын
A newish caravan will have a stabiliser built into the tow ball. Didn't seem to be going too fast, so it was probably overloaded with too much weight in the rear and too little nose weight.
@Tall-GuyАй бұрын
Thanks, that's something I didn't know about, new caravans having a stabiliser built in. I was presuming badly loaded, when I had a caravan for a short while I tended to keep any weight above the axle, rightly or wrongly :-)
@barriedouglas7272Ай бұрын
Obviously he didn't have any anti sway bars on the tow ball .
@ashwatt2885Ай бұрын
Looked like brakes were applied in 'emergency brake mode' when snaking started which would have made things 10 times worse, not sure though ?
@Qcxn088 ай бұрын
Good catch😄
@Tall-Guy8 ай бұрын
Thanks 😅
@northeastbaddriversuk25 күн бұрын
Hi Tall-Guy, could I use this clip on my channel, linked and credited of course?
@Tall-Guy24 күн бұрын
Hi, thanks for asking but no 🙂
@tomsyversen9325Ай бұрын
Front heavy camper...
@Panos8357 ай бұрын
oh my.... at least noone was injured
@Tall-Guy7 ай бұрын
Yes, I don't think the driver was driving recklessly or anything, just possibly a beginner at towing and had loaded his caravan wrongly, he was lucky, I thought they were going to tip over at one point.
@StephenWood8 ай бұрын
Okay. When this starts speed up slowly then when going straight again slow down slowly people. Driven over 6,000,000 km so far here. If no room to manoeuvre pull to the shoulder asap.:)
@raftonpounder66968 ай бұрын
Wrong! When this starts you should slow down gently. Lifting off the throttle and not braking should sort it. Accelerating will only exacerbate the problem.
@StephenWood8 ай бұрын
@@raftonpounder6696 I have been awarded top driver in Canada years ago and most likely top driver in the world now. Notice I wrote slowly?
@Hex___6668 ай бұрын
Nurse, nurse, he thinks he's the top driver in the world again, bring the pills.
@raftonpounder66968 ай бұрын
@@StephenWoodI don’t care if you said slowly. You should not speed up at all.
@StephenWood8 ай бұрын
@@Hex___666 I have been awarded from a competition against the top drivers in the world.
@A_Different_Kind_Of_Truth8 ай бұрын
Bet ya they're from Wexford !!!!
@Tall-Guy8 ай бұрын
lol..
@Dashflix2 ай бұрын
Hi brother! Can i use it please ? With credit, thanks, have a good day.
@Tall-Guy2 ай бұрын
Cheers for asking but no thanks :-)
@ConradSpoke8 ай бұрын
Too much weight behind the axle and too many women driving.
@tomsyversen9325Ай бұрын
@@ConradSpoke This is a british car, sins woman jumps out, a bit of her head, and then car drives out to the left side. So probably a man driving. And it's to much weight in front of camper, most often. Back end down, meen front tires are to light on the ground, and then it's goes salsa!