ban tractors from rush hour?

Robsweezie

Inclined to agree, pain in the arse to be stuck behind, sorry john deeres of the world :-(

893bet

No one gives a ****e at the moment! Six nations day!

mikeecho

It's great that you agree with yourself.



Drive the N 40 much.

Lyle Lanley

893bet wrote: »

No one gives a ****e at the moment! Six nations day!

Remember that time we beat New Zealand in a friendly? We love ruggers we do.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

13-9, now that's a rush hour.

gifted

For rush hour???...ban them from roads forever.
Either side of the roads you have fields...let them drive in the fields....

Buford T. Justice XIX

gifted wrote: »

For rush hour???...ban them from roads forever.
Either side of the roads you have fields...let them drive in the fields....

And where do you think the roads came from?


I'll wait a while for you, if you want:pac:

ToddyDoody

Robsweezie wrote: »

Inclined to agree, pain in the arse to be stuck behind, sorry john deeres of the world :-(

Go back to Dublin.

Canis Lupus

Robsweezie wrote: »

Inclined to agree, pain in the arse to be stuck behind, sorry john deeres of the world :-(

Don't give the Haely Raes something new to blather on about in the dail.

gifted

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

And where do you think the roads came from?


I'll wait a while for you, if you want:pac:

Europe of course...lol lol

And I'll be a while ...stuck behind a John deere...

NIMAN

Agree with the OP.

I live in a part of the country with LOADS of tractors on main roads. Although to be fair we don't really suffer 'rush hours' like many of you down the country do.

My pet hate is when a tractor drives on a 100kph road in the lane when there is a perfectly good and wide area to his left that he could pull into and drive along to let everyone pass.

Reggie.

NIMAN wrote: »

Agree with the OP.

I live in a part of the country with LOADS of tractors on main roads. Although to be fair we don't really suffer 'rush hours' like many of you down the country do.

My pet hate is when a tractor drives on a 100kph road in the lane when there is a perfectly good and wide area to his left that he could pull into and drive along to let everyone pass.

You do realise it is illegal for tractors to drive on the hard shoulder even tho they do at times

gifted

Reggie. wrote: »

You do realise it is illegal for tractors to drive on the hard shoulder even tho they do at times

He never said to drive in the hard shoulder...

Edit..just saw he did

Sweetemotion

Hopefully the tractor NCT being brought in next year will get most of the death traps of the road.

s4uv3

Will ya go way, banning tractors at rush hour? Every hour is rush hour for farmers. Theyre flat out making sure the city folk have milk for their skinny latte's and spring lamb legs for Sunday lunch with the girlos.

DontThankMe

Yes and ban cyclists too while you're at it OP!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Sure what's the rush for anyway? All trying to get somewhere at the same time. Can you not plan your journeys properly? These farmers have vital work to do and need those roads more than you do.

Reggie.

Sweetemotion wrote: »

Hopefully the tractor NCT being brought in next year will get most of the death traps of the road.

You'll find most of the tractors on the road are contractors machines which are in most cases newish, well maintained, safe and will have no problem passing the new NCT

Jack the Stripper

Ban the tractors indeed as it nigh on impossible to pass out a peloton of Lycras with all these road rules.

Sweetemotion

Reggie. wrote: »

You'll find most of the tractors on the road are contractors machines which are in most cases newish, well maintained, safe and will have no problem passing the new NCT

Most tractors I see on the road. Wouldn't have a hope in hell of passing the NCT.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Sweetemotion wrote: »

Most tractors I see on the road. Wouldn't have a hope in hell of passing the NCT.

Geez, around here at least 75% of them are only a few years old and in great condition.
The one's on the road 'at rush hour' are usually the contractors and are excellent machines.

Reggie.

Sweetemotion wrote: »

Most tractors I see on the road. Wouldn't have a hope in hell of passing the NCT.

You must be in a minority so. What's so unsafe about them?

Sweetemotion

Kylee Uptight Rubble wrote: »

Geez, around here at least 75% of them are only a few years old and in great condition.
The one's on the road 'at rush hour' are usually the contractors and are excellent machines.

Well then at least 25% of the tractors around your area wont be on the road anymore.

Reggie.

Sweetemotion wrote: »

Well then at least 25% of the tractors around your area wont be on the road anymore.

Why?

emaherx

Reggie. wrote: »

You must be in a minority so. What's so unsafe about them?

I hear the blue ones are very dangerous.... but that could just be the nut behind the wheel.

pedigree 6

Them lads in the Dail shouldn't be allowed to drive their tractors to work.

Sweetemotion

Reggie. wrote: »

You must be in a minority so. What's so unsafe about them?

Back lighting for a start is non existing.

Jack the Stripper

emaherx wrote: »

I hear the blue ones are very dangerous.... but that could just be the nut behind the wheel.

If it's not red leave it in the shed.

Sweetemotion

Reggie. wrote: »

Why?

Because they're rust buckets.

emaherx

Sweetemotion wrote: »

Back lighting for a start is non existing.

I see plenty of cars on the road regularly missing one or more lights.

Reggie.

Sweetemotion wrote: »

Because they're rust buckets.

Once they are safe it doesn't make any difference of the rust or not. Plenty of tractors last upto 50 years

Reggie.

emaherx wrote: »

I hear the blue ones are very dangerous.... but that could just be the nut behind the wheel.

May or may not be true

Jimmy Garlic

No need to ban them. Just make them pull in when possible to let off the traffic behind them. Just common courtesy that most farmers couldn't be bothered with unfortunately. I am a part time farmer myself and I pull in. It is just pure pig ignorance letting dozens of people stack up behind you, refusing to pull in even when there is ample opportunity to safely do so.

Jack the Stripper

emaherx wrote: »

I see plenty of cars on the road regularly missing one or more lights.

And their fog light on too, what is that about.

Reggie.

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

No need to ban them. Just make them pull in when possible to let off the traffic behind them. Just common courtesy that most farmers couldn't be bothered with unfortunately. I am a part time farmer myself and I pull in. It is just pure pig ignorance letting dozens of people stack up behind you, refusing to pull in even when there is ample opportunity to safely do so.

Agreed but also the other road users need to understand the nature of tractors size and characteristics aswell.

Sweetemotion

emaherx wrote: »

I see plenty of cars on the road regularly missing one or more lights.

Fair enough point. I agree, but what is worse? A car doing the speed limit for the road at night with no back lights or a slow moving heavy tractor?

Reggie.

Sweetemotion wrote: »

Fair enough point. I agree, but what is worse? A car doing the speed limit for the road at night with no back lights or a slow moving heavy tractor?

Both are equally dangerous in my book

Sweetemotion

Reggie. wrote: »

Once they are safe it doesn't make any difference of the rust or not. Plenty of tractors last upto 50 years

How many 50 year old cars do you see on the road.

emaherx

Sweetemotion wrote: »

How many 50 year old cars do you see on the road.

how is that relevant?
50 year old cars are not subject to an NCT anyway.

RiderOnTheStorm

Whats rush hour? Between 4 and 6pm in Dublin? Same everywhere? Same all year round? Weekends too?

Sweetemotion

emaherx wrote: »

how is that relevant?
50 year old cars are not subject to an NCT anyway.

I was replying to a question. I didn't bring up 50 year old vehicles.

emaherx

Sweetemotion wrote: »

I was replying to a question. I didn't bring up 50 year old vehicles.

You replied to a statement that suggested tractors are good for 50 years and other vehicles aren't by asking how many 50 year old cars do you see on the road?

mockingjay

Farmers have to get home for their dinner too!

emaherx

mockingjay wrote: »

Farmers have to get home for their dinner too!

no we don't we eat that in the field on a bale of hay

Reggie.

Sweetemotion wrote: »

How many 50 year old cars do you see on the road.

Very few but they do exist but in general modern cars don't last that long.

So it's unfair to compare them together as they are completely different vehicles for different roles. I'd be more worried of an unsafe 15 yr old car on the road than an unsafe 50 yr old tractor at any time of the day.

Since the OPs concern is tractors holding up traffic then the speed factor would make cars far more dangerous

Jack the Stripper

5 years old is cut off for the real silage contractors.

Odelay

If only we could ban idiots from the interwebs.

Buford T. Justice XIX

Odelay wrote: »

If only we could ban idiots from the interwebs.

I think they've been banned TO the interwebz

Reggie.

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

I think they've been banned TO the interwebz

Unfortunately

Bass Reeves

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

No need to ban them. Just make them pull in when possible to let off the traffic behind them. Just common courtesy that most farmers couldn't be bothered with unfortunately. I am a part time farmer myself and I pull in. It is just pure pig ignorance letting dozens of people stack up behind you, refusing to pull in even when there is ample opportunity to safely do so.

Issue with pulling in to let traffic off is trying to get back out on the road again. If you have a load behind you it is not that easy to get tractor back onto the road and up to speed again. In general it is only on poorer quality road's that you have an issue with traffic behind. However I pulled in in such a situation once and would be slow to do it again. As I tried to get back out onto road traffic used to speed up so as to get past me before I could pull out onto road again. It the same with exiting from a hard shoulder on a busy road.

222233

I'd love to ban tractors from rush hour, but the people driving tractors are also trying to get to and from work. We could also consider banning all the suits with their new cars or truck drivers perhaps.