A. Drawbar or Towing Connection Requirements:
1. When one vehicle is towing another, the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all the weight towed thereby, and the drawbar or other connection shall not exceed fifteen feet (15') from one vehicle to the other, except for the connection between any two (2) vehicles transporting poles, pipes, machinery or other objects of a structural nature which cannot readily be dismembered.
2. Outside a business, residential or suburban district, no vehicle other than a pole trailer or a semi-trailer which is being towed by a truck trailer and is connected by the means of a fifth wheel shall be towed on a roadway except by a drawbar and such vehicle so towed shall, in addition, be coupled with two (2) cables or safety chains to the towing vehicle. Such chains or cables shall be of sufficient size and strength to prevent the towed vehicle from parting from the drawing vehicle in case the drawbar should break or become disengaged.
B. Display of Yellow Flag: When one vehicle is towing another and the connection consists of a chain, rope or cable, there shall be displayed upon such connection a yellow flag or cloth not less than sixteen inches (16") square.
C. Pushing Other Vehicle: No person shall push a vehicle with another vehicle upon any public way for a distance greater than six hundred feet (600').
D. Display of Red Light: Every disabled vehicle being pushed or towed on any public way between the hour of sunset and the hour of sunrise shall display a red light plainly visible from a distance of at least five hundred feet (500') to the sides and rear thereof. Said red light shall be in addition to any other lights required by any law or ordinance.
E. Speed Restricted: No person shall drive any vehicle pushing or towing a disabled vehicle at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and proper having regard to the traffic and the use of the way or so as to endanger life or limb or injure the property of any person.
(1970 Code §9-1-4-46)