trailer question

[venzsel]

Hello everyone sorry if this has been asked before

If a trailer is braked does this prove the weight of it is over 750kg or can smaller trailers be braked also, i was pulled over towing a trailer and they never took me to a weighbridge or could find the MAM weight of trailer or the van I was driving they still wrote me a ticket and now i have a court date but they are using the fact it was braked to try and prove it was over 750kg.

Thanks very much for any help

[venzsel]

venzsel said:

Hello thanks for the replies the ticket was for towing a braked trailer in excess of 750kg it was a fuel bowser, they have said in court documents it was a 100 gallon water butt trailer i have no idea how much it held as there is no information about that on the trailer they simply put this on the form

They could not find a MAM weight on it either

Thanks

[venzsel]

Hello it was empty they have put unladen on the court form aswell to say this.

[venzsel]

I always assumed it was up the officers to prove its weight, that is why they usually take you to a weighbridge

[venzsel]

Thanks for the help on google but shouldnt the officers have weighed it, they are just assuming its over 750kg and really have no idea it was a fuel bowser but they have put water butt trailer as they asked me what it can be used for and I said water , as it can be used for either but its not a water butt trailer i cant find a water butt trailer on google

[venzsel]

Thanks alot for the help but how can they prove what tyres are used on the trailer ?

[venzsel]

Thanks again did not see your post i meant a water butt trailer that looks like mine, my bowser is a metal fuel bowser that can be used for water , water bowser trailers are plastic they must have got mixed up because i said it can be used for water Thanks again for the help sorry for any bother

Edited by venzsel on Friday 12th September 19:43