{"id":7256,"date":"2013-01-31T10:28:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T17:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=7256"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:29:20","slug":"is-driving-with-a-trailer-the-same-as-driving-without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/31\/is-driving-with-a-trailer-the-same-as-driving-without\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Driving With a Trailer the Same as Driving Without?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Is driving my vehicle with a trailer the same as driving it by itself?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; Chris S. from Indianola, IA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Trailers\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=trailer&amp;utm_content=20130131-isdrivingwitha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">towing<\/a> combination is quite different than a car by itself. It is a lot longer and heavier and requires special considerations while driving and parking. Follow these basic guidelines to compensate for the tow combination:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Trailers?utm_campaign=UhaulSM&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=Trailer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7259\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/trailer_family_400.jpg\" alt=\"trailer\" width=\"400\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/trailer_family_400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/trailer_family_400-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. Drive at a reduced speed, when towing, than you would normally drive.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0Be mindful of posted speed limits and never exceed 55 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0Anticipate stops and allow more distance for braking.<\/p>\n<p>4. Keep more space between you and vehicles ahead of you.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0Take wider turns to avoid curbs.<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0Keep to the center of the lane to keep the trailer between the lines.<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0Give yourself more time and space to pass other vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0Shift into lower gear going uphill.<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0Slow down before going downhill. Use a lower gear instead of riding the brakes.<\/p>\n<p>10. Use extra caution in heavy traffic, construction zones and inclement weather.<\/p>\n<p>11.\u00a0Avoid distractions, like cell phones.<\/p>\n<p>12.\u00a0Be alert and wear your\u00a0seat belt.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your question!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you have a question for the expert about anything moving or storage related, let us know below in the comment\u2019s section!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is driving my vehicle with a trailer the same as driving it by itself? &#8211; Chris S. from Indianola, IA Your towing combination is quite different than a car by itself. It is a lot longer and heavier and requires special considerations while driving and parking. Follow these basic guidelines to compensate for the tow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":7259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[497],"tags":[178],"class_list":["post-7256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-the-expert","tag-trailer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7256"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58444,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7256\/revisions\/58444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}