More tractor lunacy

-Corkie-

I see several threads on driving/accidents/etc etc. I came across this on another forum.. Driver should be locked up.

http://a.imageshack.us/img835/7656/luckytractersea006.jpg

-Corkie-

Sorry pic is too big..

Tragedy

What speed were they travelling?

BrianD3

Hic(k) indeed

sk8board

i was expecting somthing aweful, instead I had to wait ages for a MASSSSSSIVVE pic to load just to see a young fella sitting on top of a topper on the back of an old Ford doing probably about 10mph at best.

jaffa20

BMW driver overtaking illegally tut tut.

Abelloid

jaffa20 wrote: »

BMW driver overtaking illegally tut tut.

You're late. I was expecting that reply within the first three or four.

johnos1984

jaffa20 wrote: »

BMW driver overtaking illegally tut tut.

Thats actually what I saw wrong in the picture

Coming from a farming background I think the child is safer there than in the narrow cab where he will obstruct the driver.

Personally however its not something I would recommend or do these days now that we know better...........having said that I have been that child in the past!

Tragedy

If the tractors travelling slow, I'm just jealous of the kid. I'd have loved tractor rides at that age.

bladebrew

that is taking the piss a bit, is it breaking any laws though,

-Corkie-

Thanks Onkle for fixing the picture. The tractor driver obviously dont give a dam about the young lads safety. I loved tractors too when i was that age but never sat on the back of a mower.

kazul

jaffa20 wrote: »

BMW driver overtaking illegally tut tut.

It's hard to tell conclusively if the white line is continuous or broken

Atomic Pineapple

ah brings me back to when I used to travel on top of a pile of bales avoiding tree branches, great craic!

red menace

The danger here is the top link or strap breaking and dumping the head in front of a car following

conneem-TT

He would probably be in more danger walking along that road.

-Corkie-

conneem-TT wrote: »

He would probably be in more danger walking along that road.

Looks like failed thread for me!!!:p

Odelay

THB it looks like a well maintained tractor - tractor clean, windows spotless, lenses fitted to all lights, straps on topper appear to be in fine order. Child was probably safer there that walking on the road to the next field. And face it, in a Ford like that he is not going too far or fast.
A good mode of transport it is not, but driver seems to have taken thought with his machine and some with the kid. Probably safer than standing on the edge of the foot plate and slipping under the travelling topper

johnos1984

red menace wrote: »

The danger here is the top link or strap breaking and dumping the head in front of a car following

I doubt it would given that the load is relatively light however if it isn't attached correctly that can be an issue.

The main danger and most obvious to me is the child loosing his footing and slipping

johnos1984

Odelay wrote: »

Probably safer than standing on the edge of the foot plate and slipping under the travelling topper

I remember being in school when a kid was standing on the footplate and he slipped under the wheel of the tractor. Lucky to be alive he was

jaffa20

kazul wrote: »

It's hard to tell conclusively if the white line is continuous or broken

Looks pretty continious to me. I've never seen a broken line go for that length. Would have overtook myself though. Looks like a pretty straight sretch of road and he would be going pretty slow.

Shane732

It's complete lunacy - why would you buy a frecking SE!!! :mad:

PaulKK

Shane732 wrote: »

It's complete lunacy - why would you buy a frecking SE!!! :mad:

316d too.

Shane732

PaulKK wrote: »

316d too.

That person deserves to be shot... I'm surprised it's not a picture of the tractor over-taking the BMW and the kid running passed both of them!!

Drummerboy08

Thought the 316d was only available in ES spec.....

BnB

The young lad is sitting down, holding onto the frame of the mower on a slow moving tractor. There isn't a fear in the world of him.

As for the idiot behind him taking a photo while he is driving...!!!!!

Seth Brundle

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Thought the 316d was only available in ES spec.....

Who cares? Its a 316d FFS!

unkel

kbannon wrote: »

Who cares? Its a 316d FFS!

Is that a one litre or a two litre these days?

bmw535d

all of you have failed to see the obvious danger of say a hgv crashing into the back of the tractor. where would the kid be? yea in the middle.

now im no city slicker that hates tractors. i learned to drive in one at 7 years old. but one thing is for sure nobody around the farm was aloud to sit on a link box(transport box) or mower etc.

galwaytt

bmw535d wrote: »

all of you have failed to see the obvious danger of say a hgv crashing into the back of the tractor. where would the kid be? yea in the middle.

now im no city slicker that hates tractors. i learned to drive in one at 7 years old. but one thing is for sure nobody around the farm was aloud to sit on a link box(transport box) or mower etc.

If a HGV crashes into the back of a tractor, it won't matter a jot where on the tractor you are - you're dead.

As for the BeeEmm - braking whilst overtaking - surely not to avoid being hit by an oncoming car/van/HGV, surely ?

mikemac

Ah reminds me of my youth, me and my brothers and sisters doing this.

Or sitting on top a trailer full of square bales.

mink_man

i know a fella actually who let his son turn the hay with a haybob, the child was 7 years old, not too sure if the fella was watching him from a distance but it was still very dangerous. he could well drive it, he had to stand up in the cab while he was driving it as he couldn't reach the pedals otherwise :P:P

GoodGuinness

I'm beginning to wonder how I managed to survive this long. As a kid I rode on-top of a trailor load of hay, rode a bike without a helmet and climbed trees without safety harnesses. I was lucky to come out of it with my life..

skywalker_208

Dont see what the big deal is. Yes its v dangerous but this kind of thing happens down da country every day

Kids driving tractors on the road, trailers being used which are not roadworthy (no lights, bad tyres etc).
And over the past few weeks while hay is being brought in - overloaded trailers travelling on back roads and taking down large branches off trees leaving alot of debri on the roads... (trailers bring stacked too high)