is this legal?

100% idiot !! i have worked driving trucks / reccovery trucks

what may look firmly or feel firmly tied down is a falacy !!

i have had to stop on a motorway hard shoulder to re strap down a car on a reccovery truck that started off firmly strapped down but had slackened off through flexation of the reccovery truck bed and slight movement of load

bear in mind that was a solid load bed and purpose made ratchet load straps

that load is on a coka cola tin roof with string !!

pity the person that gets decapitated on the curb by a wing because someone was too tight to pay for correct transport !!

legal isn’t always safe !!

safety is a difrent matter , i wouldn’t have done it !! and say the worst nightmare happened it would be very doubtful you would be insured !!

He did say he`d consulted one of his friends ( a traffic policeman) who informed him it could overhang the car by up to a foot either side!!!The funny thing was he just wanted to mount it on the ceiling of his one bedroom rented bungalow!!..No really ,he was a really lovely guy though..and yes ,single.

Merlin. Properly secured at point of starting, but with anything that can cause drag or creat lift, on the way?.
I agree with length.

Next is interesting, not exceeding max gross weight on any axle, remember this started off re loads ON TOP of a car, so don,t exceed the gross axle weight, even though the load has crushed your roof down to floor level, and your underneath the load trapped, your O.K. as you havn’t broken the Law, however Construction and Use Regs 1972 may now play an important bit of your load, and indeed, the condition of your vehicle.
And don’t kid yourself re the Police, your a motorist, and an easy target.

If you want my advice, for what it’s worth, if the load is in anyway questionable re being transported on the roof of your car you and anyone else would be far better off hiring, borrowing, begging a trailer, and being safe.

But there again, I was a Patrol Car driver for 30 yrs, so what do I know about it.:D
Best be safe than sorry Buddy.;)
Jim.

Lincoln .7

As long as it is properly secured.

Not over 1m in length from either end of the vehicle

And does not exceed the maximum gross weight on any axle

then there is pretty much nothing that the police would do except give him a caution about driving slowly and carefully to his destination.

I remember driving from Southend to Gatwick in a mini-van with a Hermes engine cowling wrapped around the roof!

I must admit I got some very funny looks!

Interesting insurance claim.
Hit by a chipmonk wing,which came off a scoda!:diablo:

Now that is a very strange Law. Because even if the load is, “In your mind secure” and you drive on the public Highway, if you get stopped by an over zealous Copper, you can, if he thinks in his”Mind”. it could become insecure, you could get done for having an insecure load.The rope etc could viberate that much under buffetting whilst on the road, that the securing rope could become loose, and the load, in this case lift off. I think it’s more for the safety of other road users should the load become detatched.
Jim.
Lincoln .7

If it was across the roof, rather than along it, there may have been more of an issue. 😀

Some years ago I had stored some Tiger wings for a friend. When he collected them, he stripped the fabric off and strapped all 4 on the roof of his car and disappeared over the horizon. They eventually arrived at Little Gransden as part of a re-built Tiger, though the journey there did involve a trip to Hong Kong and back for them, and the rest of the parts…

…is it legal?

Only if he keeps it under 60mph…..otherwise he’ll need a pilot’s licence! :diablo:

Looks well secure, I used to put a microlight wing on the roof of my Cortina that was longer than that. Roof rack, ladder then wing. The Police only get interested if the load is, or appears to be insecure.

Legal? don’t know, secure, appears to be, Police stop him, doubtful.