How blind are people?

[UncleWillie]

I tow a trailer almost every day of the year just about. And about twice a year my trailer gets hit. Normally it gets hit while I'm at a gas station or in a parking lot somewhere. Once I had a woman can opener the entire side of her car on the end of my trailer while I was pumping gas. She rolled her window down and asked me what she hit like the 30 foot trailer wasn't plainly visible.

Yesterday I was making a left hand turn into a road, and the guy behind me slammed into the trailer while I was turning. Fortunately for him I was pulling my very low tilt trailer instead of the taller one, and rather than ripping the suspension off of his truck he simply ripped the sidewall off his tire, the trailer tilted and he went over the top of it.

But really how hard is it to see a trailer?

 

[justjeepin86]

Folks driving these days are interested in everything other than paying attention.

 

[R Q]

I tow a trailer almost every day of the year just about. And about twice a year my trailer gets hit. Normally it gets hit while I'm at a gas station or in a parking lot somewhere. Once I had a woman can opener the entire side of her car on the end of my trailer while I was pumping gas. She rolled her window down and asked me what she hit like the 30 foot trailer wasn't plainly visible.

Yesterday I was making a left hand turn into a road, and the guy behind me slammed into the trailer while I was turning. Fortunately for him I was pulling my very low tilt trailer instead of the taller one, and rather than ripping the suspension off of his truck he simply ripped the sidewall off his tire, the trailer tilted and he went over the top of it.

But really how hard is it to see a trailer?

I'm not answering because I pull a trailer every day and its been a few years since I've been hit. lol

 

[benXJ]

texting

and once you realize 75% of the population does not care or think about the next minute of their lives. all of it will begin to be clear

 

[mommucked]

IDIOTS

 

[Loudmouthbass]

texting

and once you realize 75% of the population does not care or think about the next minute of their lives. all of it will begin to be clear

i used to agree with this statement....until i started looking at new cars with their screens to control heat, ac, heated and cooled seats, radio station and volume, etc. that is as big a distraction as texting and driving

the perfect ac control...muscle memory and no distractions

 

[Silverado_Express]

Had a guy drive up onto my tow dolly stopped at a red light. He just backed down off of it and I got out to check on everything and he said he wasn't paying attention. I told him he was setting a great example for his son sitting in the passenger seat and got back in my truck and left.

 

[OnlyOneDR]

I think I am lucky but my 18' dove tail trailer is bright yellow so maybe that helps with visibility.

 

[benXJ]

i used to agree with this statement....until i started looking at new cars with their screens to control heat, ac, heated and cooled seats, radio station and volume, etc. that is as big a distraction as texting and driving

the perfect ac control...muscle memory and no distractions
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oh I wasn't just talking about when driving. I mean from the moment they get up to the moment the go to bed

almost zero forward thinking, about anything