Police should check all farm tractors for full compliance
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If they stopped every half blind, dithering, dawdling, middle lane hogging idiot who makes a habit of stopping at roundabouts when the road is clear, parks on peoples drives or double yellows when picking their poxy kids up from school, don't indicate ever, think speeding's a crime, but 40 everywhere is ok, things might really improve. Until the above scenario is a reality however, I think your plea about tractors may fall on deaf ears!
SantaBarbara said:
If he Police stopped and checked all farm tractors for compliance with the Highway Code, they could raise a lot of revenue on multiple contraventions, I believe?
I am not sure Farm tractors have to comply with the Highway Code. Maybe Construction and Use. I am not sure what OP is saying.SantaBarbara said:
No light boards on trailers
Carrying passengers in the cab
Showing white lights to the rear
Holding up traffic by going slow
Yeah, that is terrible. I experience that sort of problem at least once a year. Get all those traffic cars off the M6 and on to the B5612 fighting some real crime.Carrying passengers in the cab
Showing white lights to the rear
Holding up traffic by going slow
.Pop over here to Norway.
They drive on the Motorway with their 5w rear lights showing the standard 'faded to pinky white', bear in mind we don't see the sun until Easter, you approach them at 1.5 leptons and see them at the last minute.
They're supposed to turn on the flashing orange light on the roof, last time that happened was 1964 and only because the farmer dropped his bulging wallet on the switch.
Still, we don't have horses all over the place in the sticks, I don't miss that at all.
They drive on the Motorway with their 5w rear lights showing the standard 'faded to pinky white', bear in mind we don't see the sun until Easter, you approach them at 1.5 leptons and see them at the last minute.
They're supposed to turn on the flashing orange light on the roof, last time that happened was 1964 and only because the farmer dropped his bulging wallet on the switch.
Still, we don't have horses all over the place in the sticks, I don't miss that at all.
sneijder said:
Pop over here to Norway.
They drive on the Motorway with their 5w rear lights showing the standard 'faded to pinky white', bear in mind we don't see the sun until Easter, you approach them at 1.5 leptons and see them at the last minute.
They're supposed to turn on the flashing orange light on the roof, last time that happened was 1964 and only because the farmer dropped his bulging wallet on the switch.
Still, we don't have horses all over the place in the sticks, I don't miss that at all.
How on earth do you cope with elks then? Unless you have thermal imaging, (as Volvo do, I believe).They drive on the Motorway with their 5w rear lights showing the standard 'faded to pinky white', bear in mind we don't see the sun until Easter, you approach them at 1.5 leptons and see them at the last minute.
They're supposed to turn on the flashing orange light on the roof, last time that happened was 1964 and only because the farmer dropped his bulging wallet on the switch.
Still, we don't have horses all over the place in the sticks, I don't miss that at all.
There are many many more things on the highway that the police should be thining about before tractors - I has the misfortune to be in the back of a car travelling on the M25 on sunday afternoon - in fact all the way back to Portsmouth to get the ferry back to the Island - the standard of driving & the conduct of some drivers is crazy - I thank my lucky stars I got back in one piece and that I dotn have to venture onto motorways/dual carriageway/ the mainland on a regular basis. Hats of to the guys on here that have to endure it everyday.
sneijder said:
Still, we don't have horses all over the place in the sticks, I don't miss that at all.
Have you been over here recently? It's the cyclists which are the bloody menace nowadays. Come round a corner on a NSL road to see one, dithering along in the middle of the road at 15mph, their lighting seems to have 2 modes as well, either none at all or a miss adjusted LED head light and a head torch which lights the road ahead WITH THE MIGHT OF A THOUSAND f
kING SUNS, meaning if you meet one at night your ability to actually avoid target fixation and see the road ahead is minimal. Worse thing is is when they inevitably get clipped it seems to always be everyone else's fault. Forums | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff