towing at night

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Thu 27 Dec 2007 07:59
towing at night - rustbucket
Lats night (christmas night) while returning elderly relatives to their homes we came up behind a vehicle with its brake lights on,but traveling at 20 - 25 MPH.It was not clear at first what was happening, when I sused the situation and overtook the vehicle it was being towed by a vehicle without lights reving like mad, presumably to overcome the friction of the towed vehicles brakes.The tow rope was indeed a tow rope that looked like bailing twine.No sign on the towed vehicle at all to indicate it was being towed.
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rustbucket (the original)
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Thu 27 Dec 2007 08:41
towing at night - Cliff Pope
Sounds completely daft to me. Why no lights on the towing vehicle? Why no lights on the towed vehicle? If the latters's lights didn't work but the brake lights did, why not just bypass the switch, instead of trying to drive with the brakes on? Why use a flimsy tow rope, and then try and break it by putting the brakes on?
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