Towing Too Fast? (Or was it a mistake to tow at all?)
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data suggest that fatal rollover crashes are speed-related more often than fatal non-rollover crashes. Some 40% of fatal rollover crashes involved excessive speeding. Additionally, nearly three-quarters of fatal rollovers took place where the posted speed limit was 55 miles per hour or higher. NHTSA data also suggest that over 90 percent of the vehicles in fatal, single-vehicle rollover crashes were involved in routine driving maneuvers (going straight or negotiating a curve) at the time of the crash. This further suggests that driver behavior (distraction, inattentiveness, speeding and impaired driving) plays a significant role in rollover crashes. As I browsed through some comments written on RV related forums, just about 99% claimed to drive no more than 65 MPH. I found only one that admitted to towing their 5th wheel up to 75 MPH. More recently, I found additional RVers on some RV Facebook groups admitting to driving faster...