Re: Trailer Tests


"Peter Sheppard" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:3juv4gFraj1lU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> As many people seem not to be aware, if you passed your car driving test
> (category B) after 1st Jan 1997 (i.e. all Network members, and older
> people who took their test later), you are NOT entitled to tow a trailer
> or caravan. You need Category B+E, which people who passed before that
> date automatically have.
>
> However, I can't find any information on how to get this category, or what
> the costs involved are. Scoutbase appears to have no info, the DVLA and
> DSA websites have no information apart from the legal stuff, and google is
> fruitless.
>
> As this applies to canoe trailers, and a group I'm involved with are
> putting in a funding bid for canoes, instructor training and a trailer,
> we'd also like to add the cost of trailer tests for a few people - but we
> can't unless we know the costs involved!
>
> Does anyone have any information???

Are you sure? I looked this up. If you are age 17+ and passed your car test
(cat B) then this includes cars towing trailers up to 750 kgs. I don't know
much about trailers, but I would guess that 3/4 tonne is a fairly large one?
You only need E as well if the trailer is over 750 kgs. There is no mention
of caravans in the list, so I assume they are counted as 'trailers'.

--
John Ferguson


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