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Vehicle use Uk - what`s legal

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 13 4:00 pm
by Jon Connolly
At last here is everything in one place via the seperate pdfs

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ion-sheets

A frames and dollies
Towing yank trailers
Motorhomes etc

Might be worth making a sticky ???

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 13 4:29 pm
by Ivor
Fantastic Jon, let me see if I can "sticky" it, without blowing everything up...Ha! done it! :D

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 13 9:19 pm
by yabadaba
That's a good link. Thanks.

if I'm reading the PDF on mirrors correctly its saying that pre June 76 cars are required to have an external offside mirror...so passenger side on our left hookers. I never realised that but see loads of our cars with no offside mirror.

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 13 9:26 pm
by Mossy68
yabadaba wrote:That's a good link. Thanks.

if I'm reading the PDF on mirrors correctly its saying that pre June 76 cars are required to have an external offside mirror...so passenger side on our left hookers. I never realised that but see loads of our cars with no offside mirror.
Yeah but seeing as its a uk related requirement surely that means drivers side for us lot ? :thumbright:

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 13 9:49 pm
by yabadaba
Maybe....in fact hopefully....but I thought offside and nearside were defined as the side furthest from the kerb and nearest to the kerb, respectively.....so irrespective of which side the steering wheel is on. I'd guess the requirement is linked to safe overtaking.

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 13 10:14 pm
by Mossy68
yabadaba wrote:Maybe....in fact hopefully....but I thought offside and nearside were defined as the side furthest from the kerb and nearest to the kerb, respectively.....so irrespective of which side the steering wheel is on. I'd guess the requirement is linked to safe overtaking.
A good point. And probably another grey area along with the great indicator debate ? :thumbright:

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 13 11:30 am
by Carl
yabadaba wrote:Maybe....in fact hopefully....but I thought offside and nearside were defined as the side furthest from the kerb and nearest to the kerb, respectively.....so irrespective of which side the steering wheel is on. I'd guess the requirement is linked to safe overtaking.
Yes this is correct.