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Changes to towing regulations

 
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Piers14
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Kindly provide by Paddy Lombard.

Changes to Towing Regulations

Changes to the regulations regarding the towing of trailers in excess of 750kg MAM will be coming in to effect very shortly. However there is a small window of opportunity for those who have held a full driving licence for a car before November 1989 to get a trailer endorsement on their licence.

But applications must be made to the RSA before November the 8th!
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Car and trailer licence entitlement
Where a person sat a driving test in the car category in Ireland and got their full driving licence in class C before 13 November 1989 they would have been entitled by default to tow a trailer of unlimited size. Some people lost their entitlement to tow a trailer of unlimited size because they did not apply for this category on renewal of their licence or within 10 years of having the class C on their license.
Due to a change in the law a person wishing to tow a trailer of unlimited size after 13 November 1989 had to pass a driving test in the car and trailer license category. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has decided that those people who lost the entitlement can now apply to have this category added to their driving license without the need to sit a driving test. Any person availing of this change must have continued to retain their entitlement to the car category (category B) since 1989.
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Further information on Cars & Trailers

http://www.rsa.ie/en/RSA/Licensed-Drivers/Driving-licence/Cars-and-Trailers/

Looks like they've finally reworded the rules to avoid the confusion which was in place in the past.

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What trailers does my category B licence cover?

You can tow a trailer with a

MAM no greater than 750kg, and/or
Where the MAM of the trailer exceeds 750kg but where the MAM of the vehicle and trailer does not exceed 3500kg.

As a general rule your category B licence would not allow you to tow a horsebox or a livestock trailer for bringing animals to the local mart.


So basically as long as the kerb weight of your tow car plus the design weight of your trailer are less than 3500kgs you're ok on your B licence.

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