In 1971 J. Standard Baker Quoted " Drivers Towing Trailers  Are Four (4) Times As Unsafe As Those In Cars Alone! 

One Safety Chain

SAFETY CONCERN

The concern is One Safety Chain Is not sufficent to prevent your trailer from coming loose and dragging chains will start wildfires and make your safety chains useless if trailer separation occurs.

One Safety Chain

Dragging Chain

Your inspector inspected your trailer and has circled the type of safety violations found on your trailer.


What Do Safety Chains Do?
Safety chains provide secondary protection if a trailer detaches from a truck’s hitch system. If your trailer has safety chains with a suitable size and grade, they can keep the trailer and towing truck attached long enough for the driver to pull over. Without properly attached safety chains, a detached trailer can skid off into the road, and then could strike another vehicle.

SAFETY CONCERN

The concern is WE HAVE NO NATIONAL safety

standard to EASILY determine if the safety chain is rated!  So the owner of a trailer might not know if he is using DOG chain or a rated SAFETY Chain.

Safety Chains Inspection Guidelines