Woman in critical condition after trailer crash (From The Argus)
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Woman in critical condition after trailer crash
5:28pm Sunday 5th September 2010 in
A woman is in a critical condition after her car was hit by a runaway trailer.
She was driving a Saab convertible along the A267 near Wellshurst Golf Club, Hellingly, just after 12.30pm when the trailer, being pulled by a Land Rover in the opposite carriageway, broke free.
The motorist suffered potentially life threatening injuries and was airlifted to the Royal London Hospital by the Surrey Air Ambulance.
Her passenger, a woman in her 60s, was taken to Eastbourne District General Hospital with serious injuries.
The driver of the Land Rover, a 38-year-old man from Herstmonceux, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of careless or dangerous driving.
Police are appealing for witnesses.
Comments(8)
HF 05
says...
7:39pm Sun 5 Sep 10
The road death investigation manual is a rewritten version of the murder manual.
Ron Melancon
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8:04pm Sun 5 Sep 10
s.org and take note.
The United States and England have completely ignored this ongoing concern!!
Mrs. Juliette Blake of Derbeyshire is spearheading this critical issue in the UK.
We are addressing in the United States!
No standards for a Hitch,,,No specific training is required before you can tow! How many more lives must be lost before we address.
Ron Melancon
says...
8:04pm Sun 5 Sep 10
s.org and take note.
The United States and England have completely ignored this ongoing concern!!
Mrs. Juliette Blake of Derbeyshire is spearheading this critical issue in the UK.
We are addressing in the United States!
No standards for a Hitch,,,No specific training is required before you can tow! How many more lives must be lost before we address.
Ballroom Blitz
says...
8:46pm Sun 5 Sep 10
ICantThinkOfAName wrote:I thought that you did have to have a secondary safety chain in the UK when towing.
I don't know if the rules here are the same as in France but there it is a requirement that a trailer has a second securing device, usually a chain secured with a padlock.
Why should we bothered about anything that they do or don't do in the US?
sussexram40
says...
11:01pm Sun 5 Sep 10
twosugars
says...
11:41am Mon 6 Sep 10
sussexram40 wrote:Quite right! People who would normally use trailers / caravans once in a blue moon ought to be forced to drive huge great environmentally damaging behemoths ALL the time! As for rusty hooks, Towbars and hitches have been covered by the MoT test since 27th april 2009. Large trailers (with a maximum laden weight of over 3500 kgs) have to be tested yearly. However, there is no yearly test for light trailers or caravans. Perhaps there should be. http://www.dft.gov.u
Ban them I say. Caravans, trailers etc. If people want to transport a load they should get a vehicle big enough and not attach something to the back with a rusty hook.
k/pgr/roads/vehicles
/vssafety/requiremen
tsfortrailers
twosugars
says...
12:00pm Mon 6 Sep 10
ICantThinkOfAName wrote:its seems there is a legal reguirement to have a break-away cable which pulls the trailer handbrake on and for unbraked trailers, a securing chain to give "some residual steering" if the trailer becomes unhitched. Perhaps the driver of the landrover is being prosecuted for not attaching this cable?
I don't know if the rules here are the same as in France but there it is a requirement that a trailer has a second securing device, usually a chain secured with a padlock.
http://www.ntta.co.u
k/law/trailers/brake
s.aspx
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ICantThinkOfAName says...
5:58pm Sun 5 Sep 10