A towing bar assembly, comprising: a lunette; a first shaft attached at one end to said lunette, and having a first elbow joint attached at another end; a second shaft attached at one end to said lunette, and having a second elbow joint attached at the other end; a third shaft attached at one end to said first elbow joint; and a fourth shaft attached at one end to said second elbow joint; further comprising a first attaching mechanism at another end of said third shaft and a second attaching mechanism at another end of said fourth shaft, wherein said attaching mechanisms are adapted for attaching to a vehicle to be towed, and wherein said assembly can move between a first position extended to form a substantially equilateral triangle in which said first and said third shafts (8a, 10a) are substantially aligned and said second and said fourth shafts (8b, 10b) are substantially aligned and a second position in which said first and said third shafts (8a, 10a) are substantially parallel with each other and said second and said fourth shafts (8b, 10b) are substantially parallel with each other wherein when tensile force is substantially equally applied to said first, said second, said third, and said fourth shafts (8a, 8b, 10a, 10b), said first and said third shafts (8a, 10a) are substantially aligned and said second and said fourth shafts (8b, 10b) are substantially aligned for locking said first and said second elbow joints (12a, 12b) so that said assembly is in said first position, wherein the first shaft and second shaft are pivotally attached to the lunette, wherein the orientation of the attachment of the shafts (8a, 8b) may be fixed in place by locking mechanism and mechansim, respectively, characterized in that the elbow joints (12a, 12b) are locking joints (12a, 12b), that also may be used to lock the orientation of each of the respective shafts in an aligned position. a lunette; a first shaft attached at one end to said lunette, and having a first elbow joint attached at another end; a second shaft attached at one end to said lunette, and having a second elbow joint attached at the other end; a third shaft attached at one end to said first elbow joint; and a fourth shaft attached at one end to said second elbow joint; further comprising a first attaching mechanism at another end of said third shaft and a second attaching mechanism at another end of said fourth shaft, wherein said attaching mechanisms are adapted for attaching to a vehicle to be towed, and wherein said assembly can move between a first position extended to form a substantially equilateral triangle in which said first and said third shafts (8a, 10a) are substantially aligned and said second and said fourth shafts (8b, 10b) are substantially aligned and a second position in which said first and said third shafts (8a, 10a) are substantially parallel with each other and said second and said fourth shafts (8b, 10b) are substantially parallel with each other wherein when tensile force is substantially equally applied to said first, said second, said third, and said fourth shafts (8a, 8b, 10a, 10b), said first and said third shafts (8a, 10a) are substantially aligned and said second and said fourth shafts (8b, 10b) are substantially aligned for locking said first and said second elbow joints (12a, 12b) so that said assembly is in said first position, wherein the first shaft and second shaft are pivotally attached to the lunette, wherein the orientation of the attachment of the shafts (8a, 8b) may be fixed in place by locking mechanism and mechansim, respectively, characterized in that the elbow joints (12a, 12b) are locking joints (12a, 12b), that also may be used to lock the orientation of each of the respective shafts in an aligned position.