Calmly driving northbound on the M6 near Warrington, pulling the tin tent, and several parts of several housebricks were happily bouncing along in lane 2.

 

Both left wheels hit one of the larger bits, thankfully without any punctures.

 

Second patch and I swerve left to avoid the largest pieces.

 

This starts the 'van on a cracking weave.

 

Within a couple of seconds, a big beep, a message on the Maxidot and next thing I get is the brakes being automatically applied and the weaving stops.

 

The last four cars I've owned have had official towing modules fitted. This is the first time that I've been in an emergency situation and the automatic systems have cut in.

 

I am now convinced that official kits are the way forward. They may be expensive but today at least I avoided a potentially massive accident on one of Britain's busiest motorways.

Close call glad you had a happy ending.

Dunno how many times I've told people, these Trailer Control System are seriously Fn good.

 

I towed the best part of 2,000kg with a 1.4 TSI elegance, never in any doubt about it either

 

I actually think 600 quid is cheap for what it can do.

In my previous job, my "office" was a 5-pot BT-50 flatdeck with an enormously heavy, flatdeck trailer - Frequently loaded to a 3500kg drawbar pull.

When we first got the BT-50, I had a quick flick through the manual and it mentioned the trailer sway intervention. I did some cautious experiments with lighter loads in marginal fore or aft positions and found the system worked seamlessly to the point where unless you deliberately swung a directional change big enough that a trailer sway was the least of your problems, you'd never even know it was happening.

 

Not that I tow much with the VRS, it's comforting to know it's got the official programming to deal with those situations should they occur.