Tractors to pullover

[saaby93]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-28328...
It would help if they hadn't closed so many laybys in the past

[crostonian]

I thought they were meant to do this anyway.

[kambites]

crostonian said:

I thought they were meant to do this anyway.

No more or less so than any other road user who's holding people up, as far as I know... which is to say that yes, they are meant to but then so is anyone else with a queue of traffic behind them.

[jamieduff1981]

Isn't this an existing piece in the Highway Code? To be honest it's not just tractors that it needs to be aimed at but any "Born Leader" with a big trail of frustrated traffic in their wake.

Still does no harm to remind these people and show them a big stick to motivate them to consider someone other than themselves for once.

[skyrover]

The problem is... our rural roads "should" look like this, with grassy shoulders to minimize blind corners and provide passing opportunity.



instead they look like this...

[McWigglebum4th]

skyrover said:

The problem is... our rural roads "should" look like this, with grassy shoulders to minimize blind corners and provide passing opportunity.



instead they look like this...

No they shouldn't look like that

There is more important things in this world then car drivers

[Cyder]

Perhaps they could include caravan towing folk in this too. Many seem to be towed as slowly as tractors drive in the narrow roads.

[Matt UK]

skyrover said:

The problem is... our rural roads "should" look like this, with grassy shoulders to minimize blind corners and provide passing opportunity.



instead they look like this...

Personally I prefer the second pic. Less top soil erosion from the wind and more hedgerow for birds and insects.

[Riley Blue]

I prefer the second picture too, rural Britain has a lot going for it.

As far as tractor's go, I find they pull over far more frequently than drivers of other slow vehicles. It's the slow movers on major routes that need a slap, not tractors going about their business on country lanes.

[skyrover]

UK looks nicer but from a practical perspective it's hopelessly outclassed

[PanzerCommander]

Riley Blue said:

I prefer the second picture too, rural Britain has a lot going for it.

As far as tractor's go, I find they pull over far more frequently than drivers of other slow vehicles. It's the slow movers on major routes that need a slap, not tractors going about their business on country lanes.

What he said, tractors need to move around to do their job, I often find that they drive as close to the kerb/road edge as possible around here to make sighting an overtake easier. The problem comes when you get a tractor and trailer and a couple of people that are terrified to overtake that the problems start.

[kambites]

skyrover said:

UK looks nicer but from a practical perspective it's hopelessly outclassed

In the case of single-track unclassified roads, I'll take the nice looks over practicality.

[skyrover]

kambites said:

skyrover said:

UK looks nicer but from a practical perspective it's hopelessly outclassed

In the case of single-track unclassified roads, I'll take the nice looks over practicality.

Same situation applies to two lane roads as well... these were just the first images that popped up on google for me

It would certainly help lower deaths on UK country roads as well

[kambites]

skyrover said:

It would certainly help lower deaths on UK country roads as well

Teaching people to drive would do that too, and would probably be cheaper than moving every hedge back ten feet.

[skyrover]

kambites said:

skyrover said:

It would certainly help lower deaths on UK country roads as well

Teaching people to drive would do that too, and would probably be cheaper than moving every hedge back ten feet.

Relatively speaking, we have fantastic driving education here in the UK... the fact is our rural roads are by far our most dangerous due to their physical nature

[kambites]

skyrover said:

Relatively speaking, we have fantastic driving education here in the UK... the fact is our rural roads are by far our most dangerous due to their physical nature

I don't disagree with either statement, but neither contradicts my assertion.

[skyrover]

kambites said:

skyrover said:

Relatively speaking, we have fantastic driving education here in the UK... the fact is our rural roads are by far our most dangerous due to their physical nature

I don't disagree with either statement, but neither contradicts my assertion.

When I'm prime minister and all that

[saaby93]

skyrover said:

Same situation applies to two lane roads as well... these were just the first images that popped up on google for me

It would certainly help lower deaths on UK country roads as well

Go on then how would it do that?
Aren't most accidents on rural roads within the built up bits (villages) or junctions not the scene in the photo?

[saaby93]

skyrover said:

Relatively speaking, we have fantastic driving education here in the UK... the fact is our rural roads are by far our most dangerous due to their physical nature

Which part of their physical nature?

[aka_kerrly]

PanzerCommander said:

The problem comes when you get a tractor and trailer and a couple of people that are terrified to overtake that the problems start.

Nail on the head right there. The only times I have been frustrated by tractors or other large farm machinery that gets used on the road is people who follow in their car 5m behind and won't overtake. Then the next numpty joins the queue and you end up with 3-5+ cars all nose to tail so to plan an overtake you now need 5 car lengths + the tractor & trailor + a margin of error.

Then when you actually get an opportunity to perform said overtake you still get some tt in the queue who objects to your move and may try and block you