This is not how you tow a boat

This is a weird story making the rounds of Oregon television outlets, but it's also a sad story: Police in Eugene say they stopped the driver of a sedan who was trying to use a sedan to tow an old Bayliner boat.

The boat looks to be in the 24- to 27-foot range on a tandem-axle trailer, meaning the typical tow vehicle of choice would be a pickup, most appropriately a heavy-duty one.

It's hard to tell exactly how the boat owner/driver has the trailer "hitched" on the inside of the trunk. But it's easy to see that the tongue weight alone is more than the car can handle. It's hard to believe this arrangement ever moved. Anywhere. At all.