As this will be our first time traveling abroad with a caravan I was hoping if anyone out there can advise me if I need to have caravan towing mirrors. We have a Triton 420GT being towed by a Peugeot 3008 (the van being about 8 inches wider than the car) and the cars mirror give a good view with no bind spots. I heard somewhere that they are a requirement. As we will be doing the Grand Tour for a month we don't want to fall foul of the boys blue.

If the van is wider than the car then there must be blind spots!

It is often repeated that towing mirrors are a legal requirement and I expect most policemen believe this.
However the law requires specific distances and angles of view. Some Eriba and car combinations may exceed the requirements but when it comes down to the roadside are you prepared to 'discuss' the finer points of the law with the traffic officer who has stopped you?????
It seems to me to make more sense to actually have mirrors and use them.

TonyP

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gosh thought needed bags carrying was willing to get a passport and offer

grabs another jumper and thermals instead.

mirrors yes always best to fit, they improve visability and may make driving a little easier when changing lanes, reversing and checking eribas still there..

Thanks all for your prompt replies. Towing mirrors it is, another item on my list.

My (froggy) husband doesn't use mirrors. But, our steering wheel is on the right side of the car, if ou see what I mean so perhaps it's easier to have them with a right-hand drive car.

Personally I don't believe it is a necessity and don't have any. I was given a set at the last meet but they are in the boot as a fail safe oops forgot mechanism. It's got to be some idle jobsworth to have a go. The pait I was givedn are such a fiddle to fit also and I ain't got the dexterity to do it and Carole hasn't got that or the enthusiasm either.

Playing Devil's Advocate here and in Derek's defence. Derek has a PuckL, when we had ours we didn't need mirrors (we did check using the diagram of visibility required). Now we have the 420GT we do need(and use) towing mirrors and have the excellent Milenco Aero mirrors. Maybe like us Derek does have the required visibility. Having said all that for the sake of road safety and the cost of the mirror's its not worth the hassle IMHO.