You are driving a set of doubles and a set of trailer wheels goes into a skid. Which of these is most likely to occur?

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A: You will have a trailer jackknife.. When the rear drive wheels of a truck start to slide from excessive braking, the weight of the trailer(s) can begin to slide. The trailers will begin to pivot around their couplings as the trailer attempts to pass the slowed drive wheels resulting in a jackknife.

You are driving a set of doubles and a set of trailer wheels goes into a skid. Which of these is most likely to occur?

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