When one vehicle is towing another vehicle, the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby and such drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen feet from one vehicle to the other except the connection between any two vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery or other objects of structural nature which cannot readily be dismembered. When one vehicle is towing another vehicle and the connection consists of a chain, rope or cable there shall be displayed upon such connection a white flag or cloth not less than twelve inches square.
S.C. Code Ann. § 56-5-4120
Connections to trailers and towed vehicles; display of white flag
Known as the Uniform Act
The act spans §§ 56–56 (418 sections).
1962 Code SECTION 46-662; 1952 Code SECTION 46-662; 1949 (46) 466.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.