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Question 4984

A passenger car has an empty bike rack installed. Must it be marked with the V-20 panel?

  1. Yes, because it is an indivisible load and protrudes beyond the rear of the passenger car.
  2. No, because it is empty.
  3. Yes, but only if it is mounted on the trailer hitch.
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Correct answer: Yes, because it is an indivisible load and protrudes beyond the rear of the passenger car.

Yes. Even when empty, the bike rack is treated as an indivisible load, and if it extends beyond the rear of the passenger car, it must have a V-20 panel. The protrusion makes the panel necessary, whether the rack is mounted on the hitch or elsewhere. In the image, the empty bike rack on the hitch has its panel.

Las dudas de los lectores (y 3) · Real Decreto 1428/2003, de 21 de noviembre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento General de Circulación