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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
who parked that taxi outside c.g house rainy-city
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18th Oct 2011 7:18 am |
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jefandjax Member Since: 14 Aug 2011 Location: sydney Posts: 63 |
Hello to all
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18th Oct 2011 9:43 am |
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si. Member Since: 20 Jun 2012 Location: Northumberland Posts: 153 |
The law concerning the towing of trailers is;
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1st Jul 2012 9:29 pm |
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si. Member Since: 20 Jun 2012 Location: Northumberland Posts: 153 |
The maximum towing weight for a vehicle has nothing to do with driver licencing, except that you will have your licence endorsed if you exceed it. The figure is obtained by the maximum weighted trailer which can be restarted on a certain grade of incline, and perform other prescribed movements safely. As you stated, vehicle may well tow far in excess of this figure on private land, where the public have no access. But on a highway it must be complied with. |
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1st Jul 2012 9:34 pm |
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bigalf1961 Member Since: 14 Mar 2011 Location: manchester Posts: 846 |
if in any doubt go and do the test you then know that you are coverd for your needs dont take any chances on towing as if you do get caught think of the implications that you may not be insured wich will only get you points and a big fine rainy-city
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2nd Jul 2012 7:50 am |
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Past master Member Since: 30 Jun 2010 Location: Isle of Ely Posts: 2710 |
Agree - you will be driving without a valid licence and uninsured. As to why the rules changed, I think it is very probably to bring us into line with the rest of Europe, in the same way that you now need to take a class D or D1 to drive a vehicle with more than 8 passenger seats (such as a Series Station Wagon!) |
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6th Jul 2012 10:09 pm |
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landy19840 Member Since: 13 Mar 2011 Location: Non Posts: 1817 |
Past master, we have been doing that for years! But for some reason land station wagon is exempt from that rule! |
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6th Jul 2012 10:13 pm |
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Past master Member Since: 30 Jun 2010 Location: Isle of Ely Posts: 2710 |
Not sure what you mean - the restriction used to be vehicles over 16 seats, so long as the driver was over 21 (I think the term was "Large Motor Car"). The 8-seat rule is (relatively) recent. Colleagues in Germany could never understand how we could turn up with a 16-seater minibus without taking an extra test. The 8-seat rule can anyway be broken within the UK under certain circumstances by drivers over 21 and under 70. I didn't know about the Station Wagon exemption. May be the old "dual purpose vehicle" rule? |
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6th Jul 2012 10:22 pm |
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