Regulations about towing non-licesned vehicle with a car dolly

I just checked my hitch. It is a class 3 not a class 1. The info on the hitch classes is useful though. I towed the 47 from Thunder Bay, where I bought it, to Kingston Ont (1976) (with a 52 Chev 1/2 ton I had then - we looked like a travelling junk yard) with a tow bar, no lights, did have safety chains, but nothing else and no issues - ah, those were the days... or were they? :) When I moved to Calgary from Kingston (2000) my compay moved it via a car transport company - much easier I must say! :)
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I get a chuckle here in rural NS. How many years ago was it when you last saw someone doing 80 klms on a public road towing another vehicle with a rope and the police not even giving them a second look. I had to shake my head.
 
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Martin said:
I thought (I may be wrong) that ICBC was government run and therefore you would think that the same law applies throughout Canada?.
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If you think about it for a second, you'll realize ICBC stands for Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Thats why the rules are for B.C. only. The B.C. Gov't runs it, not the federal gov't. Good thing too, since if the feds ran it, we know it would be worse than it already is.
 
Yes, Alberta requires insurance on the car being towed on the dolly...

A phone call to a Registery didn't help much so I sent an enquiry off to the Alta Gov't.
Their answer is:

Insurance and registration is required by both the towed motor vehicle and the dolly, if they are in contact with the roadway. Alberta's Traffic Safety Act section 52(1)(d) requires motor vehicles and trailers to be registered. Section 54(1)(b) requires insurance on any motor vehicle that is on a highway. To view the Traffic Safety Act, please go to the following web link:

http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=T06.cfm&leg_type=Acts&isbncln=9780779754281&display=html


Net, net....rear two wheels are on the road when using a dolly, hence insurance and registration is required on the car been towed on the dolly, as well as the dolly.

Need more info:
For further information please contact Howard Greenway, Vehicle Standards Specialist, 780-427-7573 or, email: Howard.Greenway@gov.ab.ca
 
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