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Quote: Originally posted by Sean P on 10/3/2006

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It is illegal - a towing instructor told me that he knows a guy who has a Hobby - he has had it years and never been pulled. I wonder that the Police would do? Court, fine???

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well i started some fun here then lol

mostyn, ha ha ha

 If it is against the law to tow a 2.5m van with a normal car i/e 4x4 which weight wise is perfectly capable of doing so.

 How come the French come over here and tow them with the likes of mondeos?

 The answer according to the police is it is not worth stopping them as by the time it goes to court they have returned home and do not HAVE to return here to face the charges.

 I have seen English registered cars in France towing wide vans as it is legal, then when they reurn home they put the van in storage in france problem solved.

      Les

Les + June said: 

>How come the French come over here and tow them with the likes of mondeos?<

I think that they are allowed to do that because it is legal under EU legislation in France.   It really is time the law in the UK was harmonised. 

I spent a week at the end of August at the Resipole Farm site on Loch Sunart.  There were a number of Hobbies there being towed by UK registered 4x4s such as the Landrover Defender, which strictly speaking is illegal. 

I suspect that lots of folks actually get away with towing wide Hobbys illegally in the UK.

 

Quote: Originally posted by AndrewK on 08/11/2006

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Les + June said: 

>How come the French come over here and tow them with the likes of mondeos?<

I think that they are allowed to do that because it is legal under EU legislation in France.   It really is time the law in the UK was harmonised. 

I spent a week at the end of August at the Resipole Farm site on Loch Sunart.  There were a number of Hobbies there being towed by UK registered 4x4s such as the Landrover Defender, which strictly speaking is illegal. 

I suspect that lots of folks actually get away with towing wide Hobbys illegally in the UK.

 

Post last edited on 08/11/2006 23:50:44

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 I agree with the law being changed, but we should do the same as the franch when someone is breaking the laws on the road and make them pay an on the spot fine. At the moment alot of them are getting away with all sorts of traffic offences, because they can't be traced.

  Les

Quote: Originally posted by AndrewK on 18/11/2005

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It is my understanding that a techograph must be fitted to any vehicle of 3.5T GVW or over if used for the carriage of goods - but not otherwise. 

See: http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/hgvpsvdrivers/tachographsanddrivershours/ecdrivers'hoursandtachographrulesforgoodsvehiclesfaq.htm

 

OR.... if travelling to mainland Europe, ANY vehicle with more than 9 seats whether used for private or commercial purposes eg 12 seat Land Rovers.  Ggggrrrhh!

 

Post last edited on 18/11/2005 12:58:57

Post last edited on 18/11/2005 12:59:25

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