Tayside Police are also clamping down on farmers leaving mud on the road, about time too. If a truck left diesel on the road and this caused an accident there would be no hesitation in prosecuting the driver of the truck. Far too many farmers abuse the ‘exempt road tax rule’ I’m pretty sure they’re only meant to travel on public roads when going from one of their fields to the next. A lot of farmers use tractors to pull a flatbed trailer to move spuds for example to avoid paying a haulage company, and that came from a farmer!
Another thing that annoys me is people using tractors with rear mounted work lights switched on while driving on the road.
This is what the law says.
Rear mounted work lamps - Rear mounted work lamps or plough lamps are designed to facilitate fieldwork operations during darkness. Displaying work lamps on the public road dazzles other drivers and is contrary to lighting regulations and drivers can be prosecuted. Hazard indicators can only be used while the vehicle is stationary
Fergi:
Tayside Police are also clamping down on farmers leaving mud on the road, about time too. If a truck left diesel on the road and this caused an accident there would be no hesitation in prosecuting the driver of the truck. Far too many farmers abuse the ‘exempt road tax rule’ I’m pretty sure they’re only meant to travel on public roads when going from one of their fields to the next. A lot of farmers use tractors to pull a flatbed trailer to move spuds for example to avoid paying a haulage company, and that came from a farmer!
Very true they also haul grain miles to the grain mills for the same reason.
altitude:
Fergi:
Tayside Police are also clamping down on farmers leaving mud on the road, about time too. If a truck left diesel on the road and this caused an accident there would be no hesitation in prosecuting the driver of the truck. Far too many farmers abuse the ‘exempt road tax rule’ I’m pretty sure they’re only meant to travel on public roads when going from one of their fields to the next. A lot of farmers use tractors to pull a flatbed trailer to move spuds for example to avoid paying a haulage company, and that came from a farmer!Very true they also haul grain miles to the grain mills for the same reason.
a farmer can move his own produce with a tractor running on red within the law
why try to compare diesel and mud 
plenty of sites have lorries leaving mud on the road , the difference is these are mainly in built up areas ,where as fields are not
either way efforts should be made to clean it up
For construction vehicles what is that saying about people in glas s houses throwing stones
Dave the Renegade:
Another thing that annoys me is people using tractors with rear mounted work lights switched on while driving on the road.
This is what the law says.
Rear mounted work lamps - Rear mounted work lamps or plough lamps are designed to facilitate fieldwork operations during darkness. Displaying work lamps on the public road dazzles other drivers and is contrary to lighting regulations and drivers can be prosecuted. Hazard indicators can only be used while the vehicle is stationary
similar to all the bin lorries driving round in the dark mornings now with all the rear work lamps on 
while on there way to their round , as it seems compulsory to leave the yard with all lights blazing
fuse:
For construction vehicles what is that saying about people in glas s houses throwing stones
Construction based activities are more strictly controlled. More fatalities occur in the farming industry than construction. You see more stuff on farms stored under power cables than on building sites and quarries.
Muckaway:
fuse:
For construction vehicles what is that saying about people in glas s houses throwing stonesConstruction based activities are more strictly controlled. More fatalities occur in the farming industry than construction. You see more stuff on farms stored under power cables than on building sites and quarries.
The main causes of death to farm workers continue to be:
transport (being run over or vehicle overturns) - accounting for 26% of fatalities
falling from a height (through fragile roofs, trees etc) - 16%
struck by moving or falling objects (bales, trees etc) - 16%
asphyxiation/drowning - 10%
livestock-related fatalities - 10%
contact with machinery - 8%
trapped by something collapsing or overturning - 6%
contact with electricity - 3%
I can quite believe the statistic “falling from height”; One worker fell to his death from a barn roof on a well known farm near Oxford a few weeks ago. I reckon you’re more likely to encounter untrained drivers on a farm than a construction site.
Muckaway:
I reckon you’re more likely to encounter untrained drivers on a farm than a construction site.
highly unlikely ,many grow up around the machinery and are not using cards brought down the pub to “prove” they can operate said plant
Muckaway:
fuse:
For construction vehicles what is that saying about people in glas s houses throwing stonesConstruction based activities are more strictly controlled. More fatalities occur in the farming industry than construction. You see more stuff on farms stored under power cables than on building sites and quarries.
you may want to change that now 
Farmers are some of the most dangerous and irresponsible road users I’ve ever came across…
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been driving down a rural road/lane and came up behind a tractor towing a trailor with NO numberplate and lights/indicators. How the hell am meant to know when it’s slowing to turn into a field?
Has anyone travelled the A420 near Faringdon and noticed the piles of crappy blue stone dropped around the roundabouts? That’ll be the Red Arrows of Shellingford Quarry… 
Dakota:
Farmers are some of the most dangerous and irresponsible road users I’ve ever came across…I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been driving down a rural road/lane and came up behind a tractor towing a trailor with NO numberplate and lights/indicators. How the hell am meant to know when it’s slowing to turn into a field?
maybe by not sitting up his arse ,and do what a sensible driver would KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE
All rural areas are going to be getting mud on the roads at this time of year. Hazard of driving in those areas, you just have to adjust your driving to suit the conditions.
What about leaves in Cities. Have you see the amount of leaves on pavements and roads? Surely, if there is an accident then who is to blame? Nature? The council for not cleaning them up? The driver? Later on when it gets colder and freezes, those leaves on the pavement are slip hazards and bloody painful too if you fall over as a result. I have asked the local council before now but they’re not interested in clearing them up, even on high-usage routes…
Saratoga:
All rural areas are going to be getting mud on the roads at this time of year. Hazard of driving in those areas, you just have to adjust your driving to suit the conditions.What about leaves in Cities. Have you see the amount of leaves on pavements and roads? Surely, if there is an accident then who is to blame? Nature? The council for not cleaning them up? The driver? Later on when it gets colder and freezes, those leaves on the pavement are slip hazards and bloody painful too if you fall over as a result. I have asked the local council before now but they’re not interested in clearing them up, even on high-usage routes…
very good point there 
altitude:
I have seen them with brushes on there tractors, all that does with wet mud is push it about, as for signs does is old drum on the bank one
They dont need a numberplate or lights if operated in daylight.
I was overtaking a big John Deere tractor and bale trailer a couple of weeks ago on a safe straight stretch of road,when suddenly the tractor started coming over my side of the road.There was a young lad driving it, gawping over the hedge and not concentrating on his driving.
I grew up helping farmers and have driven tractors all over the place taking machinery from one farm to another,also tractors and lime spreaders.
I think the time has come for more legislation and a proper LGV type test for driving these modern tractors.
As for comparing leaves in a town to some of the serious amount of mud on the road,you have to be joking.
puntabrava:
altitude:
I have seen them with brushes on there tractors, all that does with wet mud is push it about, as for signs does is old drum on the bank oneThey dont need a numberplate or lights if operated in daylight.
So I can drive around without a rear number plate, or lights as long as it’s in daylight hmmmmmmm the only money I put on that is what I would pay in fines.
Dave the Renegade:
I was overtaking a big John Deere tractor and bale trailer a couple of weeks ago on a safe straight stretch of road,when suddenly the tractor started coming over my side of the road.There was a young lad driving it, gawping over the hedge and not concentrating on his driving.
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yeah you would never get this happen overtaking a truck
and how much legislation is there in the industry