Towing in offside lane of 3+ lane carriageways

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Mon 12 Sep 2011 21:12
Towing in offside lane of 3+ lane carriageways - LongDriver {P}

Did I miss a change in the law somewhere?

When did it become 'OK' to tow in the offisde lane of a 3 or 4 lane carriageway?

...or are there just SO many ignorant drivers on the road?

How long will it be until we see HGVs and coaches flouting the regulations more often* as well???

* I often see HGVs using lane 3 of the M6 in Cumbria to pass two other lorries doing about 1mph less....

Edited by LongDriver {P} on 12/09/2011 at 21:14

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Mon 12 Sep 2011 23:12
Towing in offside lane of 3+ lane carriageways - RT

It's not permitted to tow a trailer in the outside lane of any MOTORWAY with 3 or more lanes - there's no equivalent restriction when towing on dual carriageways - where a motorway lane is designated for traffic to a particular destination then that lane doesn't count in the 3, ie extended slip roads. Goods vehicles 3.5-7.5 tonnes aren't banned if they're the older non-limited types.

I've only ever seen one HGV artic in the 3rd lane, a foreign truck on the M25 - but some "white vans" towing goods trailers do seem to think it doesn't apply to them.

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