Towing - where and how not to

wil

Saturday, 2.30 pm,
M7 Dublin to Kildare,
Short rope,
100 to 120 kph (60 to 70mph)
Overtaking
Hazard lights

One car Towing another:eek::eek::eek:

What more can I say?
What do you say?

Pic attached
Bet the driver seat upholstery needed cleaning in the towed car afterwards:(:eek:

Steve

:eek:

You should have taken some video and sent it to the Guards.

Thats shocking.

alo1587

Holding a mobile to take photos while driving is also illegal:D

eringobragh

Towing a FIAT no suprise :rolleyes:

I've a long tow rope myself (proper one!)...but are'nt only tow bars legal now , correct me if i'm wrong???

tossy

send the picture without the regs blocked out to the guards.

Towing with a rope is illegal never mind at that speed!

also unless the towing vechicle is a properly equiped tow truck,the towing vechicle must be 4wd.

Type 17

eringobragh wrote: »

I've a long tow rope myself (proper one!)...but are'nt only tow bars legal now , correct me if i'm wrong???

I wondered about towing, as it's been a while since I did it, so I had a look at the RotR. It doesn't mention what equipment is allowed or disallowed - Page 48 says: "Make sure that the towbar or other towing device is strong enough and attached securely so that it does not break or become loose when used" - sounds like you can use a bar, or a (suitable) rope...

It also mentions: "Do not allow a distance of more than about 4.5m (~15ft) between the vehicles or the vehicle and the trailer", so too long a rope/bar is as bad as a too-short one.

tossy wrote: »

Towing with a rope is illegal never mind at that speed!

Doesn't seem to be an issue, see above - although they are going too fast for towing.

tossy wrote: »

also unless the towing vechicle is a properly equiped tow truck,the towing vechicle must be 4wd.

...Where did you hear that?

angel12

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Seth Brundle

angel12 wrote: »

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Start your own thread please

Theanswers

Been there done that, It's not dangerous as long as caution is used.... A good rope will be grand. This practice is undertaken all the time in the country. Guards pass no heed, they have better things 2 be doing. I've done it at least six times in the past year.

Seth Brundle

There are laws on towing including no towing on motorways. This was dangerous. Does the towed car have normal braking force? Do they have enough braking distance for 100-120km/h? etc.

Wossack

car in back's driver door not closed properly?

Seth Brundle

With the damage just behind the door, it may not be able to!

alias no.9

Gobshytes of the highest order. I witnessed an Opel Frontera being towed using a rope by a MkII Mondeo on the M50 yesterday, judging by the amount of black smoke coming out of the Mondeo, they'd have been better off leaving both of them where ever they pulled the Frontera out of.

ianobrien

tossy wrote: »

also unless the towing vechicle is a properly equiped tow truck,the towing vechicle must be 4wd.

Can you send me the law that says that?

I know that all vehicles have max train weights, and that governs the load that can be pulled by the vehicle, 4WD or not. (I'm thinking of the Subaru Vivo, 660c & 4WD)

Wossack

kbannon wrote: »

With the damage just behind the door, it may not be able to!

true that!

zilog_jones

Type 17 wrote: »

I wondered about towing, as it's been a while since I did it, so I had a look at the RotR. It doesn't mention what equipment is allowed or disallowed

I think it's a new enough law so may have come into force after the latest edition of the book. I think there's some rules about the GVW of the towing car too, which is why people suggest a 4x4

GreeBo

At least a rope will give you some warning when its about to break, unlike a chain.
Cable or ideally a rigid bar is safer, the rigid bar gives the added benefit of assisted breaking between the two cars.

AdyDurn

Kind of reminds me of an anecdote my Dad regularly tells me about towing a Reliant Robin with an MG Meastro (and he insists on emphasising the fact that it was the one with 2 twin carbs on it) and completely forgetting he was towing someone and hitting these sorts of speeds.

He takes joy in saying "It's the fastest that plastic toy has ever gone"...

cascade35

Roads without snow, I remember them.