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VEHICLE dealers risk being stung by an on-the-spot pounds 200 fine if they are caught using a low-loader trailer behind their tow vehicle if is not fitted with a tachograph, warns the Retail Motor Industry Federation.

VEHICLE dealers risk being stung by an on-the-spot pounds 200 fine if they are caught using a low-loader trailer behind their tow vehicle if is not fitted with a tachograph, warns the Retail Motor Industry Federation.

VEHICLE dealers risk an on-the-spot pounds 200 fine if they are caught using a lowloader trailer behind their tow vehicle if it is not fitted with a tachograph, warns the Retail Motor Industry Federation.

The proper use of safety chains is one way to ensure that the tow vehicle never gets separated from the trailer.

The hauling proficiency of the tow vehicle has to exceed the combined weight of the trailer and schooner.

That's why Los Angeles is finally cracking down on rogue towing companies that unjustly tow vehicles in private lots, then charge the owners exorbitant storage fees.

The list includes 1,317,415 motorcycles, 553,222 private cars, 279,785 cargo vehicles, 126,225 SUVs (known here as jeeps), 50,947 private buses, 14,191 dump trucks, 10,117 tow vehicles, 7,943 inter-urban taxis, 5,849 urban taxis, 3,910 inter-urban buses, 1,380 public urban buses, 1,090 tourist taxis, 970 tourist buses, 715 ambulances, 94 funeral cars, 219 forklifts and 14,471 heavy machinery vehicles.

She says: "Occupiers of property will have to ensure that anyone they employ to clamp or tow vehicles away - either directly or through a contractor - is properly licensed by the SIA.