Car on tow - who is responsible?

[MagneticMeerkat]

Hey,

I had my car towed home the other day! Well what do you expect with something that old. Anyway it was towed home by a van using a solid bar attachment. I sat in it and steered.

So say the van exceeded the speed limit, or committed some other violation, would I be in any way liable? I'd assume not, as I was essentially a passenger at the time. I didn't have any control over the van and couldn't influence its actions. My car was fine, legally, however I suppose if it wasn't insured or something the van driver could have got in trouble?

Nothing illegal happened, just a 'what if?' question.