asked the Minister for the Environment if he intends to introduce legislation to make the use of safety chains compulsory in the case of trailer-towing vehicles in view of accidents that occurred recently when such chains were not used.
Written Answers. - Trailer Towing Safety Measures.
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The Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations, 1963, made under the Road Traffic Act, 1961, provide inter alia that a trailer exceeding in weight laden 15 cwt and having more than two wheels must be equipped, when it is attached to a mechanically propelled vehicle with a second coupling consisting of a chain, wire rope or other similar connection, unless a service brake of the continuous or semi-continuous type is fitted and a device capable of automatically stopping the trailer if it becomes detached while in motion.