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Originally Posted by 16ACE27
So you don't think that car engineers designed automatic transmissions with output driven fluid pumps and sufficient lubrication and cooling from those pumps to allow the car to be towed with the drive wheels on the ground? They didn't design and engineer procedures to document in owners manuals that must be followed for the vehicle to be towed with the drive wheels on the ground?
I agree with you that we don't need to buy $1000 tow bars when $75 tow bars work just as well.
I agree with you that not all toads/trailers are heavy enough to need to use braking systems.
I don't agree with you that toads and trailers are different in the sideways interpretation of some States' statutes as to what a trailer is. Because the way they BOTH affect the ability of the towing vehicle to come to a stop is exactly the same if the TOAD and the TRAILER weigh the same.
It doesn't take the documentation of a "case anywhere in the US that someone was liable for not having trailer brakes on a TOAD" for me to understand the laws of physics and common sense.. For stopping ability a toad is a trailer. You can disagree, but don't try to spread that misinformation to others.
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That's actually exactly what I'm and trying to point out is the spread of misinformation.
Common sense I agree with. More brakes are better, I've said this many times.
Vehicle manufacturers did not design vehicles to be towed. The definition of a trailer in most states is that they were designed to be towed. I'm not sure why they did the transmission design you mentioned without some research but In pretty sure it wasnt for them to be towed. Either way. The government doesn't care about that. The law defines a trailer as something designed for the purpose of being towed. A vehicle doesn't meet that definition. So far no one has shown any state law or lawsuit that proves otherwise.
I think you may be mistaking my intent here. All I'm saying is there is no legal requirement for brakes. I'm not disagreeing that brakes are good and will aid in stopping. But to tell people they willed be liable, sued, cited, arrested etc is wrong. There is no proof or evidence of any of this.
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