Last year when towing a caravan in France, when we arrived at the port of Calais from Dover, we discovered that the registration number plate on the caravan had fallen off or been stolen. Technically speaking I should have not moved, for doing so was illegal in France and probably so in the rest of mainland Europe. I hastily taped the letters and numbers on with black insulation tape. Someone suggested I could have taken the one off the back of the car (stuck on) and put it on the caravan. I was not stopped by the gendarmes. Now I carry a spare number plate, but as an Arrival RAC member, was there anything the RAC could have done to help me get a replacement?
Could I suggest that the RAC add to their advice documents (if they don't have that advice already stated) the value of having a spare number plate(s) and the appropriate sticky pads for affixing. I would think it's nigh on impossible to get one made up in Europe as most number plates for towed trailers are actual licences to tow unlike in the UK.
Could I suggest that the RAC add to their advice documents (if they don't have that advice already stated) the value of having a spare number plate(s) and the appropriate sticky pads for affixing. I would think it's nigh on impossible to get one made up in Europe as most number plates for towed trailers are actual licences to tow unlike in the UK.
