Number of trailers
95.—(1) A person shall not use, or cause or permit to be used, on a road a wheeled vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table drawing a trailer, subject to any exceptions which may be specified in that item in column 3.
TABLE
(regulation 95(1))
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Class of vehicle | Exceptions |
| 1. | A straddle carrier | — |
| 2. | An invalid carriage | — |
| 3. | A bus not being a minibus | (a)1 broken-down bus where no person other than the driver is carried in either vehicle; or (b)1 trailer. |
| 4. | A locomotive | 3 trailers. |
| 5. | A motor tractor | 1 trailer, 2 trailers if neither is laden. |
| 6. | A heavy motor car or a motor car not described in item 1 or 3 | 2 trailers if one of them is a towing implement and part of the other is secured to and either rests on or is suspended from that implement. 1 trailer in any other case. |
| 7. | An agricultural motor vehicle | (a)in respect of trailers other than agricultural trailers and agricultural trailed appliances, such trailers as are permitted under items 4, 5, or 6 as the case may be; or (b)in respect of agricultural trailers and agricultural trailed appliances— (i)2 unladen agricultural trailers, or (ii)1 agricultural trailer and 1 agricultural trailed appliance, or (iii)2 agricultural trailed appliances. |
(2) For the purposes of items 4, 5 and 6 of the Table—
(a)an unladen articulated vehicle, when being drawn by another motor vehicle because it has broken down, shall be treated as a single trailer; and
(b)a towed roller used for the purposes of agriculture, horticulture or forestry and consisting of several separate rollers shall be treated as one agricultural trailed appliance.
(3) No track-laying motor vehicle which exceeds 8m in overall length shall draw a trailer other than a broken-down vehicle which is being drawn in consequence of the breakdown.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, the word “trailer” does not include a vehicle which is drawn by a steam powered vehicle and which is used solely for carrying water for the purpose of the drawing vehicle.