Also
ANY vehicle towing a trailer
cannot drive/ride in the outside lane of a motorway, unless the motorway is only a 2 lane motorway, or due to an emergency/restriction traffic on the road is reduced to using the outside lane only. Getting caught driving in the outside lane towing a trailer is a fixed penalty/points offence.
Trailer Info Trailer Law
The Law
UK legislation was changed in 1984 to allow trailers to be towed by solo motorcycles. The main points are as follows :
- Motorcycles must exceed 125 cc
- Maximum towed weight, including the trailer and it’s load must not exceed 150 Kg. (330 lb.) or two thirds of the motorcycles unladen weight, whichever is least.
- The Motorcycle must be marked with it’s kerbside weight.
- Maximum width of the trailer is one metre.
- Maximum length of the trailer is 2.5 metres, measured from the motorcycle rear wheel spindle to the rearmost part of the trailer. The trailer must be marked with it’s unladen weight.
- The UK speed limit is 60 mph on dual carriageways and motorways.
- Lighting regulations are the same as other small trailers.
Other countries have different laws, but apart from the national speed limit restrictions, a UK legal trailer is normally allowed as a visitor to other countries.