36 replies to this topic

[Jordie]

makes sense to me.

the car been towed must be fully legal,

thus towing a car having no insurance/mot/tax is ILLEGAL.

[Beej123]

It is illegal to have 'wheels on the road' if a car is uninsured, without tax or an MOT. You can ONLY tow a vehicle with ANY wheels on the road in the case of 'recovery' ie. the car was being driven, has broken down and needs to be removed.

Basically you can only tow if you are recovering a broken down or damaged road legal vehicle with all the relevant certificates (tax, insurance, MOT).

[AVV IT]

This has been covered here before, here is a similar thread that I started: http://www.theminifo...__fromsearch__1

Basically if a car is on the public highway (towed or driven) it has to be road legal, i.e .have tax , MOT, insurance and driven by someone with a full & valid driving licence. You can only drive/tow a vehicle on the public highway without an MOT (& therefore without tax if that also expired) if it's to/from a pre booked MOT test and then on to a place of repair if necessary. But even then, it can only be driven directly to & from the test station, or on to the place of repair. You can't even stop to fill up with petrol on the way there and if it passes the test, then it's not legal to drive to the post office to pick up the tax disc on the way home.

So if the car is not road legal, then it cannot legally be towed using a rope, bar, frame or whatever. If you want to stay on the right side of the law, then it has to go on a trailer with all four wheels off the ground. If however you were to choose not to bother with a trailer and effectively "risk it" for what is only a 1/4 mile journey, then that would be up to you, but it certainly wouldn't be legal.

Edited by AVV IT, 24 March 2012 - 08:42 PM.

[myredmini]

Thanks. I've bought it and sorting a truck/trailer to move it!

[zengrapefruit]

Someone's mentioned it before but just push the thing. Saves all the aggro and you get a workout, too.

[Bungle]

but the wheels will still be touching the road (illegal)

carrying the mini would be fine

[Sheikh Pip]

I got stopped by the police for towing a car at 30mph in a 30mph zone, seems you should only tow broken down vehicles up to 20mph!