Tom M, I never said it was OK in Europe. I said it was a European thing. The only web sites I have seen selling the tow bars were European. Whether it is legal there or not I don't know. I had considered towing using the eye bolts and went so far as to order a 2nd eye bolt (very difficult to find as they use a strange rounded thread) but decided against it. What I do know is that when installing the base plate I got a good look at the threads for the eye bolts and the metal that they are in. I would never use them except for emergencies as they are designed. That is my opinion, yours may be different.