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It's unadvisable in case of accident as leaving it on would mean that your car will stay attached to your van wherever it may end up, whereas if you leave it off and only put it on when stationary, if you are in an accident there's more chance of your car and caravan seperating hopefully causing less damage.  We've never put it on and never will

Quote: Originally posted by dianebb72 on 18/6/2012

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It's unadvisable in case of accident as leaving it on would mean that your car will stay attached to your van wherever it may end up, whereas if you leave it off and only put it on when stationary, if you are in an accident there's more chance of your car and caravan seperating hopefully causing less damage.  We've never put it on and never will

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Agree with the advise of not towing with it, but not the reasons.

The lock should not be fitted because it would make it harder for the emergency services to remove whats left of the caravan after an accident.

Agree with the advise of not towing with it, but not the reasons.

The lock should not be fitted because it would make it harder for the emergency services to remove whats left of the caravan after an accident.

second that.it only takes seconds to put it on at the services.

Quote: Originally posted by DaveCoaches on 19/6/2012

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There have been a few people that claim it is illegal. I always used to tow with mine on but in the end I started leaving it off as I was sick of people telling me it was illegal, despite them being unable to back their argument up with anything in legislation.

Apparently it makes it difficult for the emergency service to unhitch it in an emergency. Not a reasoning that makes much sense to me when the key is hanging from the ignition of the car. The only circumstances I can forsee that they would want to unhitch it that quick is if it were on fire, in which case, they wouldn't risk standing in between the gas locker and the car's fuel tank unhitching it anyway, they would be hosing it down from a safe distance.

I see no reason why it would make it any harder for the hitch to fail on impact as it does not wrap around the tow ball, it merely holds the handle down. If the hitch were to "pop" off on impact, it wouldn't be because the handle has come up, it would be because the hitch had failed.

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Mine stay's on always has, no reason not to.

  Agri