Go! Drive and Camp Camp Guide

Driver’s licence, please...

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Get your Code EB driver’s licence

It isn’t illegal to hitch a trailer behind your caravan. The transport act was however phrased to make provision for trucks and tractors towing more than just one trailer. When taking into account the regulation­s regarding driver’s licences, the gross combinatio­n mass and the brake system of the entire towing combinatio­n, it becomes technicall­y quite problemati­c to legally drive your own little holiday “train”.

If you want to tow a Jurgens Penta and a Venter trailer, for instance, the requiremen­t that apply are as follows: Towing vehicle The tare of the towing vehicle must be more than 2 tons. (A Land Cruiser qualifies, but not the Nissan Champ that you inherited from your uncle.)

Driver’s licence You need to have an EC1 driver’s licence (or a Code 14 licence, which was issued prior to 1998.)

Trailer Even the trailer towed behind the caravan will have to be fitted with special brakes.

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