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Hi,

Can anybody help me?

I recently bought a monza 1400 from eBay for next to nothing with the intention of using it for 1 or 2 years to see if we enjoyed caravaning and then upgrading.

I have the van stored on a site in Somerset and have just returned from a weekend break away down there.

The owner of the site commented on the fact that it has Glass Windows and that it is now against the law to tow a caravan with glass windows.....

Can anybody shed any light on this, is it correct and if so can you point me to a website that details ALL of the laws of caravan towing in case there is something else I should know...

Thank you in advance...

Shaun.

Where do they get these ideas from. Try asking on a forum for classic caravans or the like. The law generally does not impose limits in retrospect. If all else fails ask a policeman. Years ago, when I was younger we went all the way round the country towing a van with glass windows and the only one we saw with a broken one was because they had pushed the window in while moving the caravan around by hand.

what a load of tosh.

it is NOT illegal to tow a van with glass windows !!!

A policeman wouldn't have a clue i'm afraid. Not trying to be derogatory - they can't possibly know everything.

few of the requirements  for modern motor vehicles apply to old vehicles as far as I know. I am sure caravans will be the same. Carry on towing

Thanks for all the replies.

I thought it seemed strange, I don't think that the site owner was intentionally misleading me, I had already agreed to store the van there for the forseeable future so he had nothing to gain by lying to me.

I suspect that somebody has told him this info and he has passed it on thinking he was being helpful.

Panicked me a bit though.... lol

Thanks again.

Shaun