Thursday, Apr 04, 2013 at 08:10
I don't have a source of more informations.... just making a common sense assumption on what may of happened.
This topic is about safety chains and the way I read Lauie K post it sounded like if they didn't have chains would they of survived.
I think it is bit premature to make any claims of the IF's, WHY's and HOW's this accident happened and what part the chains played in it.
I don't even think the WA
Police would have come to a conclusion of the accident.
If the chains did contribute to the severity of the accident and it was proven chains cause more damage then no chains then there would be a recommendation to alter the ADR's.
What may seem stupid to us regarding ADR's usually is backed up with hard data to prove otherwise....... what we may only see or experience once in our lives at the most if that, people who deal with this stuff day in and day out may see it more often and can piece together a common trend.......
Usually
Police and Coroners reports take many months and in some cases years to hand down there finding.
If they didn't have chains would have they survived, would someone else have died because the van was out of control and hit them, would the accident have been a double fatality........ ANd if the chains were attached...... did it make the accident worse, would the car of rolled, would people of survived.
There are many yes and no's to this and to make comment either way is not the right thing....... it's he says she says with too many if's and buts plus a lot of speculation with very little true data to back the claim.
One thing I do know is it is pretty stupid to only have one chain fitted to trailers up to 2500kg...... for the sake of another $10 it would make more sense to fit two.... all our trailers have two and we always cross the chain as mentioned below.
The other way I look at it is with chains there is always a chance to save the trailer and the cargo if it did come loose.
The hard thing is there is no real data to back the claims either way of what is best.
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