Horse and Trailer Is Off To The Races But On The Highway
A trailer carrying a thoroughbred race horse named Top Glory cruised out of control on Interstate 75 the other day, crashing through signs and tipping on its side with a thoroughbred horse named Top Glory inside. Just like many other similar defective trailer accidents, this horse trailer came unhinged from the vehicle towing it and brought the horse along for the ride.
As this Philadelphia defective trailer attorney has previously written, many state codes are overtly silent as to the design or construction specifications for trailers or for towing chains and hitches under 3,000 lbs. In fact, trailers just under 3,000 lbs. are not regulated in most states. The utility trailer industry and their prideful lobby has continued to stop any attempts to improve this class of trailer in all 50 states and has prevented the enactment of a federal standard on trailer hitches. Many of us have seen that trailers have a sway phenomenon when excessive speed is used on highways. Quite simply, many of these trailers are just accidents waiting to happen. On a regular basis, we are aware of trailer accidents where individuals are catastrophically injured or killed.
If you or a loved one has been involved in an accident involving a disconnected or defective trailer, or for that matter, a trailer being towed, please contact the defective trailer lawyers at the Philadelphia defective trailer law firm of Reiff & Bily at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com.
