The Runaway Trailer
A detached trailer chases a family down the road. TSL looks at how it was hitched.
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Transcript
TSLDave just wanted to get the kids home before dark.
Tom BriggsA trailer came loose. Nobody could've predicted that. He overreacted, honestly - swerving with kids in the car.
JenNo safety chains. No breakaway brake. The coupler was never even latched. Three things - all required, all missing.
TSLIt didn't come loose. It was never hooked up right. Predictable is exactly what this was.
DaveI have never been chased by a trailer before. No driver. Just the trailer. It was very assertive.
TSLHe's not a stunt driver. He's a dad. And he got them home before dark.