technically IIRC(probably not though) if the numberplate is clearly visible on the towing vehicle then that is fine
i think whats worse is i have even done the B+E driving test so should know it really!
I just redid my C test, got every technical bit wrong, erred on the side of caution every time...
Know what you mean, personally I'm looking into getting a BE license myself, but I can't find a car and trailer big enough (they want you to get one that weighs a whole lot, that you can't see through, and the car has to weigh more than the trailer). And I need my A license before that...
It's just the usual trend of increasing regulation. Some regulation I see as regulation for the sake of it - why is it not OK now when it was OK before? However, the UK's roads are not the same as they were when I passed my driving test so I can see that some new regulations are useful in light of the change in traffic conditions. My dad never took a driving test - he simply applied for his licence and got it. However, even he wouldn't suggest that would be a good idea these days.Such a wierd thing to have to do aswell. my partner is older than me so gets the old entitlements on her license but wont tow but yet myself that spent years dragging motorbikes round on a small trailer all over the country needed to have to do a test to do the same thing!
Go for it. I got my A license at 16, then the BC at 18, and then there was this time when Finland "equalised with the EU" and you could get your Be license by just applying for it. So I have ABeC now. Best thing is that the UK coppers can't do anything about it. MUAHAHAHAH!!!
I hate reversing though, even more with a trailer. Evil things.
Trailers are a piece of cake to reverse. to stay straight just turn the steering wheel torwards the wing mittor the trailer appears in! see easy!
As for finding a vehicle big enough well like i said i used a 5dr clio diesel with a curtain sided small single axle trailer rated at just over a ton.
the instructor used the car mainly for normal dirving lessons but she said she has never been busier since buying the trailer!
I think the requirements for the test are basically a solid trailer of at least a MGW of a ton and thats it. so no tiny trailere but there is nothing stoppping you doing it with a luton van and massive 20' box trailer either!
Ever since I passed my test you wouldnt beleive the amount i have used it. not only for dragging the horsebox and caravan but those times when you need a couple of bits of wood and it is easier to just hitch the car trailer from down the yard and go and get those 4m lengths without having to take the plans and get the saw mill to cut to lentgh etc etc.
Such a wierd thing to have to do aswell. my partner is older than me so gets the old entitlements on her license but wont tow but yet myself that spent years dragging motorbikes round on a small trailer all over the country needed to have to do a test to do the same thing!
It's just the usual trend of increasing regulation. Some regulation I see as regulation for the sake of it - why is it not OK now when it was OK before? However, the UK's roads are not the same as they were when I passed my driving test so I can see that some new regulations are useful in light of the change in traffic conditions.
It's also possibly a reaction to some of the horror stories that have hit the news over the years involving stupidity while towing trailers and caravans. I remember many years ago driving along in the outside lane of a dual carriageway when a car towing a trailer came out of a junction on the left to turn right across the carriageway. He stopped in the central reservation with the trailer blocking my lane
The last time I towed a trailer (to pick up a car), I broke a couple of laws without realising until afterwards
All good enough reasons for the coppers to have the tools to remove the towballs from offending vehicles on-scene imo.
The four things I see almost every day on the motorways, trailers doing over 60mph, using the right-hand lane on 3 or 4 lane motorways, pulling a vehicle bigger than what they're towing with, and obviously overloaded trailers.
All good enough reasons for the coppers to have the tools to remove the towballs from offending vehicles on-scene imo.
not necessarily illegal
Such a wierd thing to have to do aswell. my partner is older than me so gets the old entitlements on her license but wont tow but yet myself that spent years dragging motorbikes round on a small trailer all over the country needed to have to do a test to do the same thing!
pug 306 pulling a cayenne on a trailer, that's about 1500kg over it's towing capacity....
In that instance yes it is illegal but a swb defender towing 3.5t is perfectly legal
In that instance yes it is illegal but a swb defender towing 3.5t is perfectly legal
Mr Kay, yep i remember you. how's tricks?