Some sobering video of what NOT to do towing

I saw this video of towing/trailering mishaps, and thought it might be a reminder of things you do NOT want to be doing when pulling your R-pod. 

In all the cases in the video, someone is pulling (1) too big a trailer for their TV, (2) going too fast, (3) pulling stupid stunts, or (4) some combination of those.

Just a wake up call to all of us.

Many of the incidents were in Australia. European and (I presume) Australian hitches are not the same as US hitches. I don't think I ever saw a receiver for a hitch when I was in Germany. Most of what I saw were just ball hitches with no provision for sway control. We don't know all the circumstances of these crashs. Having been in one with our R-Pod, sometimes they are unavoidable (like #2). Ours was a combination of ice and a strong cross-wind. I limit my speed to 60 mph or less. I could not conceive of driving 70 or 75 mph while towing. At 60 mph, I arrive much more relaxed than when I tried towing faster. Even 65 mph is not comfortable.

That being said, most of these were avoidable but the driver made a series of poor choices that led to the accident. I suspect loading was a factor in some of the sway situations. It is likely there was too little tongue weight.