Towing mirrors in spain

Ipcress09
Ipcress09 Forum Participant Posts: 1
edited June 2016 in Overseas Campsites & Touring #1

Hello,

Can anyone tell me if towing mirrors are compulsory in spain

 

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  • ValDa
    ValDa Forum Participant Posts: 3,004 ✭✭
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    edited June 2016 #2

    Even if it isn't a legal requirement it makes sense to use them.  Do you use them in this country (where it is apparently compulsory if your caravan is wider than the towing vehicle)?  They should be compulsory everywhere.  How else can you see to overtake/manouevre safely especially when you're driving on the wrong side of the road?

    Here is some more information about Driving in Spain

  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited June 2016 #3

    Quite agree Val,I forgot to put them on on one trip ,and thought it is only a short journey so did not stop to put them on ,the field of vision was so much less,i have not done it since, and we have a 4x4 which is wider than our last vehicle,it is as said on hgvs if you cannot see my mirrors i cannot see you, 

  • EasyT
    EasyT Forum Participant Posts: 16,194
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    edited June 2016 #4

    I once forgot to fit mine between sites. For the first 8 mile or so I never noticed because of the bendy road I kept getting rear view. 

    It was when I eached a long straight stretch that I realised and picked the first layby!

  • royandsharont
    royandsharont Forum Participant Posts: 735
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    edited June 2016 #5

    I doubt towing mirrors are a legal requirement anywhere, what is legally required is that the driver has a view to the rear. It really frustrates me when I often see locally, HGV transporters for the large static caravans travelling without any mirrors for that purpose especially when they have a very wide load and take up the whole dual carriageway. Regards, Roy

  • IanBHawkes
    IanBHawkes Forum Participant Posts: 212
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    edited June 2016 #6

    You will probably have missed the low slung mirrors that the drivers use. Believe me no self respecting hgv driver will drive without proper vision.

  • pete57
    pete57 Forum Participant Posts: 59
    edited June 2016 #7

    I doubt towing mirrors are a legal requirement anywhere, what is legally required is that the driver has a view to the rear. It really frustrates me when I often see locally, HGV transporters for the large static caravans travelling without any mirrors for
    that purpose especially when they have a very wide load and take up the whole dual carriageway. Regards, Roy

    Write your comments here...What has this statement got to do with the OP? anyway my advice is to always fit extention mirrors when towing in any country.

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