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Q During a visit to Italy I noticed that on
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— Q During a visit to Italy I noticed that on
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many eight-wheeled vehicles with eight-wheeled trailers the driver had no mate. Could you explain the UK position with regard to the need to employ a mate?
A Because the vehicles you saw were muIti-axled it does not follow that they
were necessarily heavier than the maximum now permissible in the UK. There is, however, no need to carry a mate on a tractor/trailer outfit when driving in Italy.
But there is a proposal that this outdated requirement will be terminated in the UK because with modem braking systems there is no longer the need for a mate that there was when this requirement was first introduced.
Until then, however, a mate is still required for vehicles hauling drawbar trailers.