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LEGAL QUESTION
strapping young lad:
how does the recovery people like AA and RAC pull vehicles now then?
im pretty sure ive seen one or two behind a transit..
im sure ive seen it
or im seeing things!
George:
Don't they use a solid draw bar, usually with driver sitting in towed
vehicle applying brakes in all the right places(hopefully). :shock:
muddyweb:
Recovery companies used to have special exemptions for some things too.
Range Rover Blues:
--- Quote from: "strapping young lad" ---how does the recovery people like AA and RAC pull vehicles now then?
im pretty sure ive seen one or two behind a transit..
im sure ive seen it
or im seeing things!
--- End quote ---
The law alows an exemption if you are recovering a stricken vehicle "to a place of safety".
So if you start out on your journey then this exemption does not apply.
I recall something about mini owners connecting the overun system tothe car's handbrake, but this is not legal either because of the '86 construction and use regulations, which extend to trailers.
I also think Muddyweb is right that a car now needs to be insured unless it is loaded onto a trailer, the law has changed.
clouseau:
--- Quote from: "Anonymous" ---Is it legal to tow my suzuki sj jeep behind my landy to off road events conected to an( A ) frame and a light bar on the back showing the landy reg number.
The suzuki is S.O.R.N SO NOT TAXED OR MOT'D ETC.
--- End quote ---
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The Vehicle Excise and Registrations Act 1994, s.29 states : "If a person uses or keeps on a public road, a Vehicle, which is unlicensed he is guilty of an offence."
The definition of a Vehicle for the purposes of the above quote means a mechanically propelled vehicle or anything that has been, but has ceased to be a mechanically propelled vehicle.
A mechanically propelled vehicle is any vehicle which is driven by any kind of engine. The law also states that a motor vehicle continues to be such if it is towed by another vehicle (Cobb v. Whorton [1971]) and a car which is built for off road (racing) continues to be 'intended' for use on a road even though those that rebuilt it never intended to use it so again (Nichol v. Leach [1972]).
Basically to cut a long story short, if it has an engine and will put its wheels on a public road, even if it is towed to an event, it must have road tax, hence it must have MOT and Insurance.
The only defences to this are if it is being taken to be scrapped, or to/from an MOT station. ](*,)
There are other considerations such as towing weights etc. You will have to check with the towing vehicle manufacturer for the 'maximum gross weight' which is defined as 'the sum of the unladen weight of the vehicle and the maximum weight of the load that the vehicle may lawfully carry or pull'. I believe there are requirements to have a braked trailer if the gross weight exceeds 750kg's, that would also mean a braked A - frame if you were to use one. :-({|=
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