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Old 15 July 2010, 20:49   #1
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Towing in France

Has anyone had any problems towing in France. Am shortly going over to Britanny with double stack trailer, and I hear tales of different regulations, needing things like, `brush off bars' fitted in front of wheels and front marker lights.
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Old 15 July 2010, 21:00   #2
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I hear tales of different regulations,
I went there a couple of years ago and the bastuds drove on the wrong side of the road
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Old 15 July 2010, 22:19   #3
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I went there a couple of years ago and the bastuds drove on the wrong side of the road
That's only cos the roads are wider than in Wales ....
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That's only cos the roads are wider than in Wales ....
They all drive like clowns in Wales.
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Old 16 July 2010, 08:48   #5
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Took our prototype trailer tent across on ferry and it was fitted according to CE regulation (as we make them here in Iceland) with front lights etc so no problems, some UK spec trailers do not require front lights nor reflective but mandatory in rest of Europe.

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That's only cos the roads are wider than in Wales ....
Helps deter the foreigners
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