Obstacles to overcome to prevent further shrinkage

Kitesurfing pal of mine helping me refurb a new office made a chance remark the other day, regarding the towbar on my electric vehicle, which got us into a discussion about towing and why I had one.

He then astonished me by adding he's not allowed to tow anything (he's got a VW T5) why not said I, haven't got a license he retorted.

Apparently these days it's yet another test and probable training scheme, I've no idea, it's bad enough that this generation (80's kids) don't even bother to buy cars, but the fact they have go go another hurdle before they can tow a boat, explains why the travelling is falling off obviously from natural wastage.

Something else we should perhaps consider offering maybe, how do these kids learn to tow I wonder, what are the hoops they have to jump through, when did this all start? Anyone here recently passed a towing course?

It's a big hurdle.

Go on DVSA site for true details, came in 1997 I believe, you will find you can tow a trailer even if you passed yesterday.

As posted above, this really is very old news. Cannot think of any dinghy trailer combo that’s over the above limit. 

Main thing, make sure you tell your insurance.

I drive on a lot of 60mph single carriage roads, I would charge for under speeding (if that's a word) as well as speeding, it's just as dangerous, don't get me started on HGV's, rolling road blocks.