General Chat

Well said Eldrick, from a former tractor driver.
It is not always easy to find places to pull over and on busy roads queues can build up quickly.
Most of my work was done on country roads and how often did we meet drivers in expensive cars on their mobile who didn't want to pull over. Usual rule of road, if it is bigger than you get out of the way (we are talking passing in the opposite direction.)
More modern tractors, notably the JCB Fastrac have road gearboxes, but most tractors have a 20 mile an hour speed limit as they are not equipped with rear suspension and some brakes are rudimentary to say the least.
It doesn't happen all the time, so get a life and get real.

Rosalind

Most of them are quite good round here and if the traffic builds up too much and there is somewhere to pull in, the majority of them will.

I was going to say, surely you can only pull over to allow traffic to pass if it is safe to do so?

Any tractor is not going to be travelling far, it's not as though you are going to be stuck behind it on the M4 all the way from London to Bristol. A few minutes is the usual to allow the tractor to get from one place to the next.

What makes the situation dangerous is not the slow moving tractor, but the impatient driver who simply does not have the patience or common sense to just wait, and tries to overtake instead.

When he hits oncoming traffic who is at fault? The tractor driver for being there or the stupid car driver who just couldn't wait?

A very fair point

You should realize that for some moterists the roads were built just as a racetrack for themselves, tractors aren't I suppose allowed on to the race track except when they the expert race track/rally drivers aren't using them
If I sound a bit bitter I'm just sooo fed up with traffic accidents and helping to try to fix the unfixable.
If you can't organize your day's driving to take into account the occassional tractor or other large slow moving vehicle then one should take the train

With the current condition of the roadworks in Gloucester at the moment I leave in plenty of time.
In fact it is far more easier to go up the M5 and in that way.

It is just a observation and a polite request(I said please).

Pete

Hi Eldrick sorry if I misunderstood your post
I apologize
Jenxx

It would be very silly to go out for the day or to go touring on a tractor so it is fairly logical that the vehicle you are following will not be travelling very far.

Unlike,I might add,the dippy b**ch who pulled out from her drive in front of me without looking and proceeded along the road where it was impossible to overtake safely at a speed of about twenty whilst deep in conversation with her children.So deep as to be leaning toward the passenger seat and looking more at them than at the road.

No doubt she had moved to the country to take advantage of the quiet roads.

Why is this closed? It's like saying I dont' want anyone else's view on the subject.

Wasn't out too get you personly Peter and I do know just how annoying a slow moving quee of traffic can be .
Our transport minister's car (Norway) was reported to doing 125kh in 80kh zone so even the mighty seem to believe they are above the law
Have you seen tractor racing on Eurosport? Tractors at 200kh?
itma

Hi

Would you like it re-opened for a longer period of time or shall we move on to another debate.

Your views are very welcome


Pete

Hi Terry

I like to start a debate which touches at the real things which happen out there.
All views however strong are welcome. It is great to see people out there who believe in a subject so much that they write and join in

Good on you all


Pete

Thanks Peter. There are people who will be logging in later who might want to join in too.

Can we talk about Combine Harvesters.....they're amazing bits of kit arent they?

Teresa has put exactly what I was thinking, while reading this thread, in her post at the top of this page.

Except when your on a narrow road coming in the opposite direction and have to try climbing a tree in your car so it can pass

Never drive faster than your Guardian Angel can fly.

At my age the wee ladie spends hours sticking his feathers back with super glue that he all too often left at home glued to the floor and washing himself down with heavenly acetone

Have always wanted to drive a combine harvester. so I can sing," Ive got a combine harvester and ill give you the key" !!!!!!

Hi

Yes the mud on the road issue. that is quite a problem where I live too.