§ 506-31. Towing Disabled Vehicle.
When one vehicle is towing another the drawbar or other connection shall be of sufficient strength to pull all weight towed thereby and said drawbar or other connection shall not exceed 15 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 and the connection consists only of a chain, rope, or cable, there shall be displayed upon such connection a white flag or cloth not less than 12 inches square.
In addition to such drawbar or other connection, each trailer and each semi-trailer which is not connected to a commercial tractor by means of a fifth-wheel shall be coupled with stay chains or cables to the vehicle by which it is being drawn, which chains or cables shall be of sufficient size and strength to prevent parting from the drawing vehicle, should the drawbar or other connection break or become disengaged; provided, however, that in the case of a loaded pole trailer the connecting pole to the drawing vehicle shall be coupled to the drawing vehicle with stay chains or cables of sufficient size and strength to prevent parting from the drawing vehicle.
Every trailer or semi-trailer except pole and cable trailers and pole and cable dollies operated by a public utility as defined in Sections 5701.11 and 5727.01 of the Ohio Revised Code shall be equipped with a coupling device which shall be so designed and constructed that the trailer will follow substantially in the path of the vehicle drawing it without whipping or swerving from side to side.
(C.O. 506-31; reordained as C.M.C. 506-31, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)