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Originally Posted by pagan8c
As far as I understand it the only weight that counts with a B+E licence is the max train weight of the vehicle. When towing a caravan the police use the max weight of the car + the max weight of the caravan to determine this. With the B licence then they use the max weight of the car taken from the 3500 kgs to determine the max weight you are allowed with the caravan. So it would appear to be different for trailers ! There is no offence of towing a caravan which is heavier than the car weight as such but may be other offences under Contruction an Use etc.
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In practice, I suppose this is correct, but what is to stop someone exceeding the max gross weight of car or trailer? The DVLA refer, for licence purposes, to the 3500kgs being the MAM weight, which they defined to me as the actual weight as driven, i.e. Weighbridge weight.
This makes sense, although inconvenient to prove as weighbridges aren't found on every corner, as accidents happen in real life, not on paper stats.