kugel7c@feddit.de to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years ago[image] Since many people seem to believe you can't tow with cars, here's roughly what dutch people end up doing on vacation.feddit.deimagemessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1578arrow-down163
arrow-up1515arrow-down1image[image] Since many people seem to believe you can't tow with cars, here's roughly what dutch people end up doing on vacation.feddit.dekugel7c@feddit.de to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square258fedilink
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoI’ve never heard the term “overrun brakes” (TIL!) before. I’ve always called them surge brakes, and they are widespread in the U.S. on the majority of boat trailers.
minus-squarelinuxisfun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI’m not a native English speaker, so I may have used the wrong term here. ;)
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoYou are 100% correct. I had to search overrun brakes online, and from what I found it seems to be a regional language variation.
![[image] Since many people seem to believe you can't tow with cars, here's roughly what dutch people end up doing on vacation.](https://feddit.de/pictrs/image/ea1db421-ccea-4e3d-af37-aec9b3e62de4.jpeg){kind=link}
I’ve never heard the term “overrun brakes” (TIL!) before. I’ve always called them surge brakes, and they are widespread in the U.S. on the majority of boat trailers.
I’m not a native English speaker, so I may have used the wrong term here. ;)
You are 100% correct. I had to search overrun brakes online, and from what I found it seems to be a regional language variation.