Mirrors legally required on Transit Van tug ??

Submitted: Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:44
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I am now towing a caravan (pop top) with a Ford Transit van or a Nissan GU Patrol depending on circumstances. Does the transit legally require extension mirrors ??

1. The GU Patrol mirrors need extensions but they seem to be readily available - clearvision and ora seem to be the general choice (at a cost) for people not wanting to risk damage to paintwork on the car - interested in feedback on various options.

2. On the Transit (which has large vertical mirrors) I just have vision down the sides and on a test drive did not feel like I had any problems knowing what was behind me although better vision would probably be helpful, and a rear view camera would enhance that as per the recent discussion on legal requirements of mirrors.

I am curious to know (hopefully pathycop may read this) if the Transit is deemed legal with it's OEM mirrors or needs extension - I guess it is up to the policeman who pulls you over at the time to determine if he thinks it is legal or not and to me that seems like a personal judgement as nothing clearly seems to define what the true "clear view behind" parameters are - as in how much of "behind" you need to see in mirrors and given some people sit right on your tail you can only see them when going around curves anyway.

I know - if in doubt, add more and then you cannot go wrong, but I would be curious on others opinions if anyone else uses or has seen Ford Transits in use.
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