Sigh. Seccond time my trailer was rear-ended.

[LillFilly]

I recall posting about a year ago of driving with 10ft trailer like this when I was rear-ended at a red light. Guy argued he 'couldn't see' the trailer. He was on his phone at the time, we saw. The trailer is RED with 2-sets of lights on it, no cargo.

Again today, I'm at a red light in full sun. Suddenly *Bang-lurch!* And I see a very new looking VW-something car with a woman in full freak-out-face has run into my trailer. We get out (the roomates were with me). We're fine, undercarriage of my car is fine, trailer is fine. The spur that you hook ropes to at the back of the trailer, however, punched a nice little hole in her front bumper. At least the woman apologized over and over, asked if we were sure everything was ok, etc. She also said that she 'couldn't see the trailer.' Before we were hit the roomies noticed her talking pretty animatedly with the kids in her car.

I REALLY have to put those 4-foot posts with flags I got on the back of the trailer.

Funny, when we got back into traffic, the woman followed us to the store; I thought she had a bone to pick, but it turned-out we'd both been on our way to the same place and kept bumping into each-other in the isles, where she kept apologizing.

Still, one of these days I'm sure I'm going to get rear ended and it will cause damage to my car. It's 16years old and not getting any younger!

[bainsidhe]

Maybe because of the height, but I also have trouble seeing low trailers. They'll have a flag, they'll have very clear and working taillights, yet I can't judge stopping distance worth a damn. Same goes for long cargo hanging out of a truck with a red flag. Thank goodness the cargo is clearly marked, but I have to carefully watch it because it's hard to judge distance with a smaller target like that.

Anything you can do to make the trailer more visible is a good thing, but in both cases it sounds like distracted drivers not seeing something that wasn't at car-height. And there's really only so much you can do about that.

[Slayer]

I've almost hit those low trailers when trying to change lines in traffic. When you're in a SUV, that trailer just looks like an empty space lol. Thank goodness I'm one to always doublecheck! I never see flags on them which actually would be pretty awesome as a safety measure.

Ive never not seen it when I'm behind one though. Granted, if you're focusing on the car rather than the trailer, I guess it's possible.

[Shalom]

The summer I was six, we took a family trip to Howe Caverns.

It was too far to drive in one day with kiddies, so we tied up for the evening at a motel about halfway there. My father is parking the car, backing up, and suddenly I hear "Bam! rollrollroll..."

I look out the back window and see an empty boat trailer disappearing off into the distance.

I got hysterical laughing. Thought it was the funniest thing I'd ever seen. My dad . . . was less amused.

[Rock Lobster]

My car is invisible. People pull out 2 inches in front of me even with the headlights on. Then they get mad when I nearly hit them. A school bus pulled this one day and I nearly slammed into it. Maybe your truck is invisible as well?