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Location: Oldbury, WM
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black (or dark blue) with flatbed trailer, northbound M1
black (or dark blue) D3 (reg started with G 8 ) with flatbed trailer, northbound M1, just north of A50 Junc, just after 11am this morning - IN THE OUTSIDE LANE !!
60mph towing speed limit on motorway, and no use of outside lane by towing vehicles (if I recall my highway code correctly)
dont give us D3 drivers a bad name.
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4th Feb 2008 1:23 pm
Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865
Al that's the problem with the D3 its such a great tow vehicle you often forget there's something behind you
As DG said in Morocco Slow Slow Slow SLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And no I'm not endorsing lane 3 travel with a trailer in a three lane carriageway just the same as the non professional 7 1/2 box boys think they can use it as well
Q. Can I tow in the right-hand lane?
A. On a motorway with 3 or more lanes, vehicles towing a trailer are not allowed in the right-hand lane. This applies to all trailers, no matter how small, and include such things as jet-skis etc.
Q. What vehicles are banned from using the 3rd lane of a 3 lane motorway?
A. As I've mentioned above, you are not allowed to tow anything in the right-hand lane of a motorway which has 3 or more lanes in each carriageway. Goods vehicles with a maximum gross weight in excess of 7500kgs are also banned from this lane, as are coaches which have more than 8 seats, apart from the driver's, and have a maximum gross weight in excess of 7500kgs.
Q. Are there any exceptions to this rule?
A. These vehicles are allowed into the 3rd lane if:
they need to pass an abnormally wide load, which would usually be under Police escort;
if one of the lanes is closed; or where a 2-lane motorway carriageway merges with another, or with a slip-road, and creates a 3-lane carriageway. In this case the exempted vehicles can stay in the 3rd lane until it is safe and practical for them to cross to Lane 1 or Lane 2.
PS. I also found this comment whilst looking for the above:
Posted by: northern_andy on 9:58am Thu 2 Aug 07
Drivers who hog the middle lane of the motorway should be stopped by the Police, have their car confiscated and crushed and be made to walk home. Discovery 3 TDV6 5-Seat
Zambesi Silver
Td5 Alive remap, rubber mats, fixed tow bar, disco3.co.uk sticker.
Manual gearbox - steel springs - 17" wheels. No tinted windows, no leather, no terrain response, no foglights, no xenons, no trip computer, no side steps, no mud flaps, no A-frame, no spot lights, no lamp guards, no sat nav, no winch, no roof rack, no RAI, no PDC, no bluetooth, no ipod connectivity, no clear indicators and no bright finish trim.
4th Feb 2008 2:02 pm
robsmith
Member Since: 02 Sep 2007
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 2392
Sounds very similar to the one I saw a few weeks ago:
Only then it was a van style trailer.....Rob Smith
Silver rools OK
6th Feb 2008 9:27 am
Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865
The legal bit
265
The right-hand lane of a motorway with three or more lanes MUST NOT be used (except in prescribed circumstances) if you are driving
any vehicle drawing a trailer
a goods vehicle with a maximum laden weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes, which is required to be fitted with a speed limiter/tachograph
a goods vehicle with a maximum laden weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes
a passenger vehicle with a maximum laden weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes constructed or adapted to carry more than eight seated passengers in addition to the driver
a passenger vehicle with a maximum laden weight not exceeding 7.5 tonnes which is constructed or adapted to carry more than eight seated passengers in addition to the driver, which is required to be fitted with a speed limiter
[Laws MT(E&W)R reg 12, MT(E&W)AR (2004), MT(S)R reg 11 & MT(S)AR (2004)]
6th Feb 2008 9:39 am
robsmith
Member Since: 02 Sep 2007
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 2392
This joker is so lucky he hasn't been spotted by one gent I know who has a "blue painted pointed head". This gent would pull him, spend two hours giving a little roadside education, a full vehicle inspection and a ticket for each and every fault (no "bulking up" of faults), plus the speeding/outside lane ticket(s) as appropriate, then, and only then would the joker be allowed to leave the scene (unless there were too many faults in which case a recovery truck would be requested and the joker escorted to the most suitable Police station.
Call him a but his first wife was killed by an incosiderate towing a trailer which suffered a blow out as oevertook her....
We have a superb tow vehicle in the Disco3 - the trailer is the weak link. Most trailer tyres and bearings aren't rated for much more than the legal limit, and if one gives out at speed on a crowded motorway........Rob Smith
Silver rools OK
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