cabbykarl

Hi, just wondering if anyone knows if it's legal for me to tow my car back on to my driveway from the garage it's currently sat in.

I'll be driving a fully insured car with the correct towing bar setup at the back (ie caravan/trailor hook up point thingy)

Using a solid metal tow bar not a rope, the missus will be sat in the car being towed with the engine running so she can assist in braking and steer a little.

I'll be putting the reg. plate of the car infront on the towed car and a sign saying "on tow".

Now, since the car being towed is no longer insured and is out of MOT is this legal to do?

I'd like a definite answer if anyone knows as the missus is worried about her licence etc...

Thanks for reading

focusv8

Not Legal.

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Ginge !

not legal

cabbykarl

ok thanks for the replies, didn't want to risk it.

taz1787

iTrader: (8)

Why's it not legal as even a provisional license holder can be sat in the car must admit that i've towed a few this way never had a problem but i did use a trailer board and didn't have engine running????

towed one car from near barrow to blackpool like this never got stopped or anything like that either

tabetha

It's not legal, as it does not count as a trailer, which would be legal, it doesn't count as all four wheels are on the ground.
If you use a towing dolly so that two wheels are off the ground it becomes in law a trailer, so mot etc are not needed.
Then you have the next problem, depending on when you passed your test, as after a certain date there is a I think a 750KG trailer weight limit, prior to this a lot higher.
tabetha

focusv8

Only if accompanied by a suitable full licence holder.

And be insured for the person behind the wheel.
And Mot'd or booked in and travelling to or from an Mot.
And Taxed, unless travelling to/from Mot.
And the weight of the car being towed doesn't cause the combination to exceed the Towing car's Gross Train Weight.



Millions of drivers exceed the speed limit daily, only a few get caught.
Just because the others don't get stopped for speeding it doesn't mean speeding is legal.

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paul16v

If the car being towed has all 4 wheels on the road but no tax & test or insurance your still technically using a non roadworthy vehicle on the road despite the fact it had a towrope/bar attached to it, just because you have never been caught or pulled doing it, doesnt mean its legal.

orion_crazy_carl

iTrader: (3)

i got pulled a few years back for towing a un roadworthy car,i didnt know at the time you couldnt! we both got reported, me for aiding and abetting towing and my mate for doing it! both got let off,

S1

Years ago I got spotted by a copper being towed in a mini with no front end or engine, no doors or glass and I was sitting on a milk crate, oh and the only brakes I has was the handbrake. He was going the other way but he clocled me and stopped me a few days later and said that had he not being rushing to another shout he would have nicked me!

taz1787

iTrader: (8)

ok so how can a inter trade a frame be legal then??? lol and its been questioned and answered by the police a while back and was said then a unaccompanied prov lic holder could be towed in a vehicle so long as its on a towing bar but not a tow rope and like i said have use a bar to move many a vehicle most had no tax or mot and never been stopped and questioned some was even rolling empty shells and have known many of people do this with no problem of being pulled by police etc but hey its just imo

paul16v

My mate got pulled towing his mk2 golf from the bodyshop, car was taxed tested and insured but had many components missing because it had just been painted the lad driving the towing van got 3 points and a Ł60 fine for towing an unroad worthy vehicle.

cabbykarl

Hmm interesting posts there, nothing unroadworthy about the car but still not worth the risk...

focusv8

"A" frames and dollies are only legal for local recovery.

The person at the wheel of a towed car whether on a rope or bar is in control of and can alter the course of that car and could also influence the movements of the car towing it.
Because of that the towed driver must be fully qualified and also insured in case the towed car breaks away.

Throw the copy of the Beano away where you read the Police said it was legal for a Provisional driver to in the towed car, it never has been and never will be legal.

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