Official text · Chapter XVII
Towing motor vehicles
This translation is unofficial. The Armenian text is the legally binding version.
Towing with a rigid or flexible tow bar must be done with a driver at the wheel of the towed vehicle, except where the design of the rigid tow bar ensures that, when travelling in a straight line, the towed vehicle follows the path of the towing vehicle.
1 questionsWhen towing with a rigid or flexible tow bar, it is prohibited to carry people in a towed bus or trolleybus or in the body of a towed lorry. When towing by partial loading, people must not be in the cab or body of the towed vehicle or in the body of the towing vehicle.
13 questionsThe distance between the towing and towed vehicles must be 4–6 m when towing with a flexible tow bar, and no more than 4 m with a rigid tow bar.
7 questionsWhen towing motor vehicles, the flexible tow link must be made visible with warning devices — flags or panels measuring 200 × 200 mm with alternating diagonal red and white reflective stripes 50 mm wide. At least two warning devices must be fitted on the flexible link.
1 questionsof two or more motor vehicles;
of vehicles whose windscreen wipers and washers (where fitted by design) do not work, if the towed vehicle is being steered by a driver;
1 questionsof a vehicle whose braking system does not work and whose actual weight exceeds half of the actual weight of the towing vehicle. If the towed vehicle’s actual weight is less than half of the towing vehicle’s actual weight, towing is permitted only with a rigid tow bar or by partial loading.
2 questionsFor the purposes of clause 143(5) and (6) of the Rules, steering and braking systems are considered not to work if they do not allow the driver to change direction or stop the vehicle even at minimum speed.
2 questions