On Oct 7, 11:27*am, Jim S wrote:
I asked this question in another group and no-one came up with a definitive
current answer. The most recent legal(ish) answer was dated 2008

" I was informed last evening that it is illegal to tow a broken down
vehicle with a rope and it has to be a solid tow-bar. Is this true?"

Try sending this to uk.legal.moderated where if it *is* true, someone
will be along quite shortly to quote and verse.

It may take longer to prove it *isn't* true, because there may well
not be anything to quote.