We've now got people saying more than 15% - where should we stop, 30%, 50%?.
Why don't we all just buy tilt trays and put our trailers on that, would be much safer.
Of course there are compromises, no one said there isn't.
What I and others have said, is that you can tow heavy trailers with less than 10% ball weight safely.
I've done thousands of kilometers doing so, but I suppose I've never tried to overtake at +120km/h on a single lane highway with an unsecured load either
I'm happy doing 80kmh safely towing my 2T load. It's the compromise I'm willing to make. I also pull over when i can to let others pass, I'm in no hurry.
If a driver can't tow safely at 5-10% ball load, it says more about the driver than it does the tow vehicle and trailer.
Maybe there needs to be some form of licence to tow more than 750kg, ie a braked trailer, so numptys like the guy in the video are taught some of the basics, but for some I doubt even that would help. Sometimes you can't help stupid.