Does anybody have any firm information as to what can and can't be done when towing a vehicle please.

I ask because one of my customers was telling me his son, a newly qualified driver has just received a £60 fine and three points on his license after being stopped whilst towing his friends broken down car on a tow rope. Not speeding or doing anything daft, just sensibly towing.

All we can find on the DVLA website is how anybody who passes their test after 1st Jan 1997 does NOT have TRAILER rights as us older folk would. They will have to pass a separate test for larger trailers exceeding 3.5t MAM.

Nowhere can i find anything regarding towing a vehicle other than the usual forum talk about if a vehicle is on an A bar it is classed as an unbraked trailer and is illegal to tow unless fitted with an auxiliary braking system because it will weigh over 750kg but if this braking system is fitted then it is legal to tow with no tax test or insurance as it is trailer, but if it is on a towing bar with a driver in then it is legal as long as it is taxed tested and insured. I can not even confirm if the above is correct or not.

Has anybody any links to info please.

Thanks

Graham