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    Hard to tell if it is or even should be embarrassment having a flat tire happens to everyone eventually. From the looks of the trailer the rt tire is flat little single axle trailers can be a handful to control when they get a flat at speed or sometimes even at a reasonably slow speed. If they are empty they often try to flip over and have been known to self destruct behind a larger heavy vehicle.
    being that it looks to have been loaded possibly with dirt the only possible way to secure a load like that is to tarp over it to prevent the wind from blowing it.
    the trailer may not have even been over loaded a hitch would have to have been mounted under the plastic bumper so when the flat happened and the trailer jerked the car one way and then the next all a driver could do would be to hang on and try to slow to a stop, but events happen all too suddenly sometimes and not everyone's driving experiences are the same if he had never had a flat or blow out before while towing a trailer he may have over corrected very easily done with small tow vehicles even large one for that matter.
    Hitting the brakes a little too hard with a tail trying to wag the dog usually does not end well. he is actually lucky the tongue of the trailer tried to lift the car as it jackknifed otherwise instead of the slight damage to the bumper the whole left rear would have been destroyed.
    The hyena as I called the guy has obviously never experienced what happened to the guy otherwise he would have kept his child sounding mouth shut and stopped to see if he could lend a hand.
    It is probably a good thing the man didn't have something in his hand and the other driver had the good sense to drive off before laughing boy got his clock cleaned.
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