[LankyTim]

This is such a grey area. Im told that the A frames are only legal for breakdown recovery on cars that weigh over 500kg, under that its ok to transport them long distance. This is to do with the weight that a trailer has to be before it has its own brakes, apparently a car being towed becomes a trailer.

I knew of someone that had a car with no TAX or MOT that was parked outside his house. He tied a tow rope from it onto a car that was TAXED and MOT'd and the police were unable to do him as the "tow" car was legal. They did him in the end though when local kids ripped the number plates off! Ive recently heard through reliable sources law has changed and the car being towed has to be MOT'd and TAXED but after that someone said the law hadnt changed. Ive asked a policeman and he had no idea what I was talking about.

Its an absolute minefield but whatever you do you are 99% sure of being fine as the traffic police are as bamboozled as us mere mortals are!