Must remove the hitch?

[HHR]

The hitch I use 90% of the time is a solid shank tri-ball setup. If I know I'll be using it at least two times in a week, I will leave it in. If I'm not using it, I store it in the shed.
I never store the 15+ pound hitch inside the vehicle, because I know the damage it could do when flying around inside the cabin during an accident.

 

[Markcuda]

Here is my hitch, can I leave it in?
I hope some lazy walker does not brake his knee on it.LOLOLOLO

 

[DT86]

Yeah but the police are handling business on their phone I had a woman cop almost hit me at a gas station one day, she was on her phone. She waved at me and went on her way. They also don't have to stop at stop signs.

I had a car almost T bone me at a stop sign because it pulled about three feet beyond the white line before stoping. The car was on my left while I was turning left. As I flipped her the bird I realized that she was in a police car and had her phone in both hands.

I talked to someone that is in-the-know who claimed the only reason she still even had a job was that the department needed a female officer "on the road" during each shift.

 

[94BULLITT]

I had a car almost T bone me at a stop sign because it pulled about three feet beyond the white line before stoping. The car was on my left while I was turning left. As I flipped her the bird I realized that she was in a police car and had her phone in both hands.

I talked to someone that is in-the-know that claimed the only reason she still even had a job was that the department needed a female officer "on the road" during each shift.

LOL:laughing:

 

[DT86]

LOL:laughing:

I didn't think it was funny, I was driving my RTV at the time! It's hard to tell how far I would have been flung out of it had she hit me while updating her Facebook.

Oh, and if anyone was wondering, I had the hitch in!

 

[zing]

Originally Posted by Scooby074

Went to get my truck inspected yesterday and apparently its the "law" here in Nova Scotia to pull the hitch!

Guy doing the inspection said that its a $2xx.00 fine

Came home and looked online but could not find a specific MV statute about unused hitches but there is a section under MV inspections and protruding devices like hitches. So its likely not the police who will fine you, but DOT Compliance. I cant see it applying to consumer vehicles unless you did something really stupid and DOT really wanted to have a talk to you, but commercial guys could very well be hit by this.

Trailer Hitches - Gone Hunting - Nova Scotia Hunting

The section if anyone wants a source is:

Originally Posted by Regulations - Motor Vehicle - Standards of Vehicle Equipment

Section 200 of the Motor Vehicle Act subpart 22a which states:
22 (a) Every bumper, door, mudguard, fender, hood or other body component including every device thereon shall be securely attached to a vehicle, and not worn, torn, damaged or protruding to an extent likely to cause injury.

Aaron Z

I had someone talk to me about that law while I was getting some work done to my car after an accident, probably 25 years ago. The purpose of the law is to ensure people do not continue to drive around in a vehicle after an accident with a fender half torn off and jagged edged, or a bumper bent out on one side and pointing frontwards/backwards, etc. While I can imagine that it could be cited by a police or DOT officer about a drawbar being left in, I have never heard of that happening. I would think that Scooby has it right that it would be a very rare instance for it to be enforced on anyone who was not using some sort of exceedingly large or long drawbar.

 

[zing]

I didn't think it was funny, I was driving my RTV at the time! It's hard to tell how far I would have been flung out of it had she hit me while updating her Facebook.

Oh, and if anyone was wondering, I had the hitch in!

Your RTV is licensed for the road? What do you do, use it for shuttling around the town running errands, etc? Not judging, just have never heard of anyone doing that. Did you have to do anything to it to get it licensed for the road?

 

[aczlan]

I had someone talk to me about that law while I was getting some work done to my car after an accident, probably 25 years ago. The purpose of the law is to ensure people do not continue to drive around in a vehicle after an accident with a fender half torn off and jagged edged, or a bumper bent out on one side and pointing frontwards/backwards, etc. While I can imagine that it could be cited by a police or DOT officer about a drawbar being left in, I have never heard of that happening. I would think that Scooby has it right that it would be a very rare instance for it to be enforced on anyone who was not using some sort of exceedingly large or long drawbar.

Makes sense.

Aaron Z

 

[DT86]

Your RTV is licensed for the road? What do you do, use it for shuttling around the town running errands, etc? Not judging, just have never heard of anyone doing that. Did you have to do anything to it to get it licensed for the road?

No I don't drive it to town, only between farm fields, usually within 1.5 miles from home.


As far as being legal goes, it has a SMV triangle, is used for AG purposes (mostly ) and goes slow, like a tractor. I see no difference.

 

[94BULLITT]

I didn't think it was funny, I was driving my RTV at the time! It's hard to tell how far I would have been flung out of it had she hit me while updating her Facebook.

Oh, and if anyone was wondering, I had the hitch in!

I thought it was funny that you gave the cop the finger.