I have just returned from a holiday in Holland and although I did not come across this problem I have heard it from two different sources.
It would seem that the Dutch Police are stopping caravanners - especially those British entering or leaving Rotterdam/Europort - and checking the brake snatch cable attachment. If it is looped around the towbar - as most of us do - and not specifically attached to the bar itself it is an on-the-spot _30 fine.
I am told that Dutch towing rules have recently been changed and this is enforcement of same.
I ahev searched the 'net to no avail, but pass it on in good faith - i.e. it may be wrong/untrue.
It would seem that the Dutch Police are stopping caravanners - especially those British entering or leaving Rotterdam/Europort - and checking the brake snatch cable attachment. If it is looped around the towbar - as most of us do - and not specifically attached to the bar itself it is an on-the-spot _30 fine.
I am told that Dutch towing rules have recently been changed and this is enforcement of same.
I ahev searched the 'net to no avail, but pass it on in good faith - i.e. it may be wrong/untrue.