Q We use two-wheeled and fourwheeled close-coupled trailers which are less
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than I ton unladen and less than 34 tons gross with overrun brakes (caravan type) to carry goods, and these are drawn behind ordinary four-wheeler flat lorries whose unladen weights are approximately 4-4 tons. What speeds are they permitted to travel at (a) off the motorway, (b) on the motorway, and, (c) ff they can travel at 50 mph do they have to display the same items as a caravan behind an ordinary car — a "50" disc and a plate showing the gross weight of the trailer?
A The position is that if' a trailer can be drawn on ordinary roads at 50 mph without committing an offence then it can also be drawn on the motorways at 50 mph. If it does not comply with the requirements that permit it to be driven at 50 mph on ordinary roads then it is limited to 40 mph on the motorway. Because the vehicle you
use for towing is a goods vehicle the speed limits when drawing the trailers you describe are: off the motorways — 30 mph: on motorways — 40 mph.