If towing something behind your vehicle, the drawbar or towing connection:
- Must exceed 15 feet in length.
- Must be strong enough to pull all the towed weight. ✓
- May not have any flags or reflectors attached to it.
- Must be marked with a yellow flag.
Answer: B. Must be strong enough to pull all the towed weight.
The drawbar or towing connection must be strong enough to pull all the towed weight.
Why this is the answer
The handbook lists three requirements for a drawbar or towing connection, and the first one is that it be strong enough to pull all the towed weight. Length is limited rather than required, and the flag rule applies only to chain, rope, or cable connections, where a white flag of at least 12 inches square is needed. So the strength of the connection is the requirement that matches the question.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Must exceed 15 feet in length. — The handbook caps the drawbar at 15 feet unless you are towing poles, pipes, machinery, or objects that cannot easily be taken apart, so it is a limit, not a minimum length.
- C. May not have any flags or reflectors attached to it. — Flags are not banned on the connection; the handbook actually requires a white flag of at least 12 inches square when the connection is chain, rope, or cable.
- D. Must be marked with a yellow flag. — The flag the handbook calls for is white, not yellow, and it applies to chain, rope, or cable connections rather than to every drawbar.
Remember it
Picture the connection holding the whole load: strength first, then length limits, then the white flag for chain, rope, or cable.