Safe Emergency Towing?

Most cars still have had brakes with out the motor running (no experience with a GQ but I'd be surprised otherwise!), the pedal pressure just has to be much higher.

Years ago my Uncle rescued me and used a solid bar to tow me quite a distance at decent speed (80kph) but, he being a farmer had one suitable, not the sort of thing you'd carry just for off chance you need a tow.

Slightly off topic but could be of interest:
I recently towed a mate from the outskirts of Broken Hill to a garage in town due to a broken clutch line. The garage was horrified. They told us that it is illegal to tow with a rope in NSW. We were supposed to call a flat top apparently. We had just completed a double crossing of the Simpson and the clutch let go just outside Silverton. He drove it with no clutch to Broken Hill and then we hooked up the tow rope for "safety" in the built up area. Apparently there was a collision at an intersection when someone tried to drive between two vehicles doing a tow!

Kingo

Back in the old days!!!!!!!!

Most 4wd clubs had a A frame for towing and each club vehicle had holes in front bar io take this frame and we could tow at any speed.

I was once towed in my 2 stroke suzy behind one of the first model patrol's and that it
was the fastest it ever went !!!!!!!!

Motor homes use a more modern version now.

I'd agree that a tow rope should only be used to move a vehicle off the road to a safe location. A 4m rope ( I think that's the legal length) would mean a tow at less than 15km/h to maintain adequate braking distance (and that's with good brakes)and 2 vehicles travelling that slowly on a public road is dangerous IMO.

how ya goin' alex
I can see an obvious joke there about towing a nissan, but i'm better than that
There are some issues with flat towing that should be highlighted
brakes; no motor,no vacuum assistance for brakes, they will still work,just push really hard!
steering; no motor, no power steering (if equipped) it will still work ,just turn really hard!
transmission; (if auto) no motor, no oil being pumped around.tow very slow for a short distance ONLY (30 kph ~/10km ) or risk frying tranny
visibility;second vehicle driver has no more than 5m visibility,has also already got the odds stacked heavily against him if something goes wrong, and I have witnessed a fatality when an oncoming car was on the white line,tow car swerved,second car had no hope, BOOM ,right in front of me.This is a freakish accident I know,but all of the factors above (except tran) played a part
this was on a major country road and they where doing about 80!
Flat tow is ok to get out of trouble ,but it is a risk for BOTH vehicles
I can't see any prob with what yous' did and where you did it and i would do the same just don't forget that the handbrake works if the motor is running or not,as for the post idea, the tow vehicle will have to stop maybe 5 ton instead of 2.5 ton
(if it stays attached)