RAC encourages West Australians to travel safely and is offering free tow safety sessions to prepare you for your next trip.

What to expect

This session is designed for caravan beginners or those wanting to freshen up on their towing skills. During these two hour sessions with a professional instructor, the following topics will be covered:

  • Understanding vehicle weights
  • Hand signals for reversing
  • Trailer hitch up procedure
  • Parking and unhitching a trailer
  • Electric trailer brake use
  • Other useful tips

Plus, you will see practical demonstrations with a vehicle and trailer set up so you can witness techniques discussed in the course. Maybe even try the practical yourself under the supervision of our professional instructors.

Upcoming sessions

Wednesday 30 September | 8:00am & 10:30am MotorMall Wanneroo Raceway – Neerabup Book session
Wednesday 7 October | 8:00am & 10:30am MotorMall Wanneroo Raceway – Neerabup Book session

Advanced Tow Safe

Once you complete a Tow Safe workshop, you will be eligible to participate in our Advanced Tow Safe course.

This course is designed to enhance your knowledge and further explore topics to keep you and other road users safe. The following topics will be covered:

  • Pre-departure checks
  • Hitch and unhitch of caravan/trailer
  • Combination turn points
  • Straight line reversing
  • 90-degree reverse parking
  • Electric trailer brake set-up

Facilitated by RAC caravan experts, each course runs for 6 hours, consisting of a 1-hour presentation and 5 hours of practical training with your own caravan.

Information on how to register will be provided at our Tow Safe workshops.

Please contact education@rac.com.au for any further queries.

Watch our caravan how-to videos

In these videos, we explain how to safely reverse your caravan once arriving at your destination and how to prevent caravan sway.


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