A broken-down passenger car with a gross weight of 1,500 kg is to be towed on an ordinary road (not an expressway) by a truck with a gross weight of 5,000 kg that is not a tow truck. What is the speed limit?
💡 Hint
When towing another vehicle on a road other than an expressway, the speed limit depends on the gross weight of the towed vehicle and on how many times heavier the towing vehicle is (Article 20 of the Enforcement Rule of the Road Traffic Act). Work out the two gross weights yourself to see which case applies.
Answer: ②
Explanation
Under Enforcement Rule Article 20, item 1, when a vehicle under 2,000 kg gross weight is towed by a vehicle weighing at least three times as much, the speed must be 30 km/h or less. 5,000 kg is at least three times 1,500 kg (4,500 kg), so this case applies. In other cases, and when a two-wheeled vehicle tows, the limit is 25 km/h.
Legal basis: 도로교통법 시행규칙 제20조 제1호