If any part of it is on the road, it's a motorised vehicle that needs iit's own insurance, MoT and VED - same applies to cars being towed.

OK but a vehicle on the road must display a number plate, right ? If im towing a (non broken down) car on an A frame (all 4 wheels on the road) then i must cover up the cars number plate & display my own number plate & lights just as you would with a regular trailer, correct ? If its the case that I need insurance etc why could'nt i also then be charged with having a car on the road without displaying its rear number plate as you would with any other car on the road ?

Edited by cheeseman on 28/06/2011 at 12:28

If any part of it is on the road, it's a motorised vehicle that needs iit's own insurance, MoT and VED - same applies to cars being towed.

Too true, reminds me of one of the funniest things I ever saw in my life. Looking out of the window of an office in Hounslow, we saw Council truck A towing rolling chassis of Council truck B with a bar, pulled over by the plod outside.

Six bald tyres, umpteen non-functional lights, no brakes, no tax, no MOT, etc ad nauseum and they wrote each item up individually as they found it. At one point the coppers' ticket book ran out and one of 'em had to go back to the car for another. Only time I've ever actually seen the police literally "throw the book" at someone.

I still wonder who lost their license, the bloke in the towing truck, the one being towed or both of 'em?