What is the speed limit for cars towing trailers on motorways?

Why that is the answer

Under standard Highway Code rules, the maximum speed limit for a car towing a trailer or caravan on a motorway is 60 mph. Towing reduces your vehicle stability and increases stopping distances, making higher speeds dangerous. Drivers often incorrectly assume the standard 70 mph motorway limit applies, but that only covers cars that are not towing. Always stick to 60 mph unless lower temporary limits are displayed.

How this comes up in the real test

Questions from motorway rules appear throughout the 50-question multiple-choice section, and the wording changes between versions. Learn the rule rather than the sentence: the DVSA can ask the same point from the opposite direction, and a memorised answer falls over the moment the phrasing moves.

The pass mark is 43 out of 50, so seven wrong answers is your entire margin. If a whole category is shaky, run the topic practice below until you are getting every question right for the right reason, then go back to full mocks under the clock.

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