Knobs and Towing

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There I was, minding my own business driving northbound on Pennant Hills Road late last night. Rounded a bend and see something a little wierd. I had to look twice. A very large enclosed trailer was travelling at about 70km/h in the opposite direction. Nothing unusual about that, only except for the fact that this particular trailer appeared to be self propelled - ie, there was no car attached!

It mounted the median, crossing 3 lanes on oncomming traffic and eventually came to a very exciting and abrupt end as a brick wall put a halt to its momentum. It had missed me by a few meters. Lucky. It could have been very nasty had that tralier colllected me, or worse, and innocent pedestrian who wold have almost certainly been killed instantly. The trailer was fully loaded with general household items and was completely obliterated. The huge brick wall did not fare too well either.

I can only hope that the pilot of this particular 4WD thanks his lucky stars and learns how to hitch a trailer safely, and, to discover the many valuable uses of a safety chain and D shackle. I also hope he has a good excuse for the kind people at Kennards Hire! ("I hit a dog") He was one lucky fool.