Very much agree with you Dave, I have for years been saying on these forums that it is high time that a separate test was introduced for trailer towing. Any one that obtained there licence prior to the licensing change in the 90s is quite entitled to tow a laden caravan in most cases in the region of one and a half tons with no specialist training! And as you know being a HGV driver the added length,width, and above all the increased weight totally alters the characteristics of the towing vehicle.
It was once suggested on these forums that towing a laden trailer actually reduces your braking distance, ignorance as they say is bliss, but certainly very dangerous when you apply your ignorance on a public highway, the law needs changing now.
Allan & Gill/
Very much agree with you Dave, I have for years been saying on these forums that it is high time that a separate test was introduced for trailer towing. Any one that obtained there licence prior to the licensing change in the 90s is quite entitled to tow a laden caravan in most cases in the region of one and a half tons with no specialist training! And as you know being a HGV driver the added length,width, and above all the increased weight totally alters the characteristics of the towing vehicle.
It was once suggested on these forums that towing a laden trailer actually reduces your braking distance, ignorance as they say is bliss, but certainly very dangerous when you apply your ignorance on a public highway, the law needs changing now.
Allan & Gill/
Very much agree with you Dave, I have for years been saying on these forums that it is high time that a separate test was introduced for trailer towing. Any one that obtained there licence prior to the licensing change in the 90s is quite entitled to tow a laden caravan in most cases in the region of one and a half tons with no specialist training! And as you know being a HGV driver the added length,width, and above all the increased weight totally alters the characteristics of the towing vehicle.
It was once suggested on these forums that towing a laden trailer actually reduces your braking distance, ignorance as they say is bliss, but certainly very dangerous when you apply your ignorance on a public highway, the law needs changing now.
Allan & Gill/