A friend asked me to help tow a boat to Florida from Ohio, a couple of years ago. When we transfered the boat from my truck to his, he did not hook the safety chains up. I asked him why. His reply, "If that thing comes unhooked, I don't want it banging into the back of my truck, smashing my bumper all up!"
This guy is quite a charactor. I had to haul a load of steel for him in one of his tractor-trailer rigs. I asked him what I should do if I had a flat, as there was no spare tires at all. His witty reply, "If you see a board with a nail sticking up, lying in the road, drive around it, not over it".
I only hauled that one load and quit. It takes all kinds.