Tow ropes no longer legal
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Don't quote me / but I'd say unlikely as traffic police & traffic officers on the motorway networks carry them .
A sub standard rope or twine cud well be tho , may fall under unsafe carridge or unsecured load regs ? Jst a guess tho
A sub standard rope or twine cud well be tho , may fall under unsafe carridge or unsecured load regs ? Jst a guess tho
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Emergency use only.
For instance so plod can use one to tow a car off the carriageway or to a safe point of refuge pending arrival of a proper recovery vehicle. Or to unstick a stuck vehicle (snow, mud, flood etc).
Non-emergency use like towing a unroadworthy car to a scrappers/garage is highly dubious.
I've always used a staright bar. I once towed my Landy 20miles on twisty A/B-roads with a rope, and cooked the brakes trying not to run into the back of my mate towing me, who kept forgetting I only had drum barkes and the servo was no longer working. That was enough for me, used a straight bar ever since..
For instance so plod can use one to tow a car off the carriageway or to a safe point of refuge pending arrival of a proper recovery vehicle. Or to unstick a stuck vehicle (snow, mud, flood etc).
Non-emergency use like towing a unroadworthy car to a scrappers/garage is highly dubious.
I've always used a staright bar. I once towed my Landy 20miles on twisty A/B-roads with a rope, and cooked the brakes trying not to run into the back of my mate towing me, who kept forgetting I only had drum barkes and the servo was no longer working. That was enough for me, used a straight bar ever since..
Last edited by ALi-B; 29 February 2012 at 03:07 PM.
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