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Originally Posted by Automatic Only
Be interesting to see if scrapping the B+E test for towing has much effect on demand for towbars... I will be a beneficiary of this change and was thinking of getting one on my next car anyway, this will now make it a near certainty.
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I passed my car test 6 months after the changes in 1997, which was just 4 months after 17th birthday, so always felt cheesed off i couldn't drive a 7.5 tonne truck or with a trailer over 750kg, whereas a few mates born a few months earlier could. Always fancied getting the B+E and thought it would be handy, but couldn't justify training and test for something i didn't need. I regularly tow a 750kg rated trailer, can reverse well, so will welcome the changes. Lets face it many of those who passed their test pre 1997 do fine - you do see some struggle, but those should get a bit of optional training anyway!