11 Years Olds Driving Farm Machinery on Country Roads

ClovenHoof · 08-05-2015 2:21pm #1

It is coming to that time of year for tourists to boycott rural Ireland so they are not slaughtered by an 11 year old driving his father's giant blue tractor, as his foot can barely touch the brake pedal.

I see it every year in the West, and the Garda and IFA do nothing to stop it other than obligatory 'public service' notices. I would urge tourist to especially boycott the 'kill zone' in and around the Wild Atlantic Way.

Every year, we hear stories of children killed operating their father's farm machinery. There are two responses; "ah shure, me father let me drive his tractor at 11!" Tractors today are giant industrial and powerful fast machines and not the quaint Richie Cunningham MF rattler of the old days. Today's rural roads are also much busier.

The other response is ... NOTHING.

The child is buried in his small white coffin. Mention is made in the papers of the father once playing Junior GAA for Mayo, TDs attend the fueral looking for votes, and some priest mentions something or other about it being 'God's will'...

No it wasn't it was the father's homicidal negligence.

Only a matter of time before a dozen tourists are killed by a farmer's child driving a tractor on country lanes for 'God's will'.

pmasterson95 · 08-05-2015 2:23pm

I guess your from the eastern version of the wild atlantic way.

nc6000 · 08-05-2015 2:24pm

+1

You shouldn't be let drive a tractor on a public road on your own until at least 12 years old.

ChippingSodbury · 08-05-2015 2:26pm

I'd rather be killed by a young joy-rider in a fancy car than a "blue" tractor...

anncoates · 08-05-2015 2:27pm

If they are to learn the ancient custom of using a tractor to obstruct miles of traffic, they have to start perfecting the tricky mix of surly snails-pace driving, temporary hearing loss and staring nonchalantly into the distance, at an early age.

agent graves · 08-05-2015 2:30pm

could be worse... they could be on the phone aswell

08-05-2015 2:30pm

Ah yes, I remember hanging around my neighbours farms as a youngster and being permanently afraid of those requests to back the f****** buck rake up the pit or something that made no sense to me, and the guffaws when I admitted I couldn't drive.

A classmate was killed when he fell from a tractor cab when we were about 6 and the back wheel went over him, so wince when I see kids hanging out of machines.

fizzypish · 08-05-2015 2:32pm

They let 16 year olds drive the ****ing things and you know at least 20% think they can drift the ****er through the local village. Still though, great craic!

LDN_Irish · 08-05-2015 2:32pm

I had no idea this was a thing. Are people really killed regularly by children driving tractors?

The Moldy Gowl · 08-05-2015 2:34pm

LDN_Irish wrote: »

I had no idea this was a thing. Are people really killed regularly by children driving tractors?

Only in the dreaded kill zone

Sheep Lover · 08-05-2015 2:35pm

LDN_Irish wrote: »

I had no idea this was a thing. Are people really killed regularly by children driving tractors?

Not really, but it's a slow 'outrage' week.

Sure tis better than the 'hand out the window culprits' thread we had yesterday.

endacl · 08-05-2015 2:36pm

anncoates wrote: »

If they are to learn the ancient custom of using a tractor to obstruct miles of traffic, they have to start perfecting the tricky mix of surly snails-pace driving, temporary hearing loss and staring nonchalantly into the distance, at an early age.

Did you not read the OP? Modern tractors are faaaaaaaast!

The Backwards Man · 08-05-2015 2:39pm

Whoever lets their kids do this is an idiot.

Everybody with a bit of sense knows to put your peaked cap on your youngfella so the nosy think they own the road cityfolk think he's just a wizened old man.

Banjo String · 08-05-2015 2:39pm

I was driving behind what must surely have been a magic tractor one day.

It was going along slowly in front of me, next thing I know it turned into a field.

overshoot · 08-05-2015 2:41pm

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I would urge tourist to especially boycott the 'kill zone' in and around the Wild Atlantic Way.

in and around the Wild Atlantic Way.... so the entire west or 1/3rd of the country is a kill zone?
Jesus Dublins gangland problem must have been solved when they killed off Nidge

whisky_galore · 08-05-2015 2:52pm

Kill zone? Seriously?

Can we have stats on RTA's with underage persons driving tractors on public roads or is this just an anti-rural rant?

c_man · 08-05-2015 2:54pm

Well as long as they're not drink driving.

topper75 · 08-05-2015 3:30pm

OP you first need to find something for the tourists to see in Longford, Laois etc. before this boycott idea is going to take off.

drdidlittle · 08-05-2015 3:34pm

While they drink cans of cheap booze and snort the white stuff off the mud guard.

Adamantium · 08-05-2015 3:36pm

If George Miller decides to make a fifth Mad Max, the thread title should be the plot.

Free Hat · 08-05-2015 3:36pm

In my opinion you should be allowed to drive once you leave school and they leave school around 3.30 on their tractors.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 08-05-2015 4:05pm

endacl wrote: »

Did you not read the OP? Modern tractors are faaaaaaaast!

Majority of newer tractors are capable of 40kph.

Better put in speed bumps all across the whest...

Valetta · 08-05-2015 4:12pm

Banjo String wrote: »

I was driving behind what must surely have been a magic tractor one day.

It was going along slowly in front of me, next thing I know it turned into a field.

I used to collect pictures and small model tractors..... hundreds of them, every make and model.but not any more.

Now I can go into a smokey room and take one deep breath and clear the air completely.

I'm an ex-tractor fan.

The Backwards Man · 08-05-2015 4:16pm

Lads, yis are killing us with them jokes.

And not in a good way!

P. Breathnach · 08-05-2015 4:17pm

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Majority of newer tractors are capable of 40kph.

Better put in speed bumps all across the whest...

They have inverted speed bumps all across the wesht - and then people from the east coast claim that they are potholes, and should be filled in.

diomed · 08-05-2015 4:37pm

In the auld days they were driven unlit in the dark with a load of hay on big spikes behind the tractor.

mikom · 08-05-2015 4:40pm

ClovenHoof wrote: »

It is coming to that time of year for tourists to boycott rural Ireland so they are not slaughtered by an 11 year old driving his father's giant blue tractor, as his foot can barely touch the brake pedal.

I see it every year in the West, and the Garda and IFA do nothing to stop it other than obligatory 'public service' notices. I would urge tourist to especially boycott the 'kill zone' in and around the Wild Atlantic Way.

Every year, we hear stories of children killed operating their father's farm machinery. There are two responses; "ah shure, me father let me drive his tractor at 11!" Tractors today are giant industrial and powerful fast machines and not the quaint Richie Cunningham MF rattler of the old days. Today's rural roads are also much busier.

The other response is ... NOTHING.

The child is buried in his small white coffin. Mention is made in the papers of the father once playing Junior GAA for Mayo, TDs attend the fueral looking for votes, and some priest mentions something or other about it being 'God's will'...

No it wasn't it was the father's homicidal negligence.

Only a matter of time before a dozen tourists are killed by a farmer's child driving a tractor on country lanes for 'God's will'.

What movie was this again?

wendell borton · 08-05-2015 4:42pm

There's so much technology in todays modern tractors that 11 year old are probably the only ones who can figure out how to operate them.

whisky_galore · 08-05-2015 4:55pm

wendell borton wrote: »

There's so much technology in todays modern tractors that 11 year old are probably the only ones who can figure out how to operate them.

Yeah, hopped onto a modern tractor lately...fcuking Starship Enterprise compared to the 1950's era clunkers I was used to...didn't even know how to start it.

bjork · 08-05-2015 4:55pm

It's their culture

Racist

Galwayguy35 · 08-05-2015 5:03pm

I've never seen 11 year olds driving tractors on the road, yes accidents happen on farms with kids on tractors but driving on the road at 11, that's just not happening.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 08-05-2015 5:53pm

P. Breathnach wrote: »

They have inverted speed bumps all across the wesht - and then people from the east coast claim that they are potholes, and should be filled in.

Fekkin' townies should stay inside the pale where the 11yos joyride in BMWs and Audis which are much safer, obviously.

Kovu · 08-05-2015 6:31pm

Buford T. Justice V wrote: »

Fekkin' townies should stay inside the pale where the 11yos joyride in BMWs and Audis which are much safer, obviously.

Of course they're much safer. They have seatbelts in them :P!

Nekarsulm · 08-05-2015 6:31pm

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/05/08/16-year-old-kids-needed-for-summer-of-driving-lethal-farm-machinery/

hatrickpatrick · 08-05-2015 6:41pm

ChippingSodbury wrote: »

I'd rather be killed by a young joy-rider in a fancy car than a "blue" tractor...

Why? There's something more quaint and exotic about death by tractor, there's nothing remotely hipster about getting hit by cars.

When the Sun Hits · 08-05-2015 6:47pm

The OP is quite ridiculous tbh. Total exaggeration.

IH784man · 08-05-2015 8:57pm

Today's modern tractors are far more safer than they were when they were "the quaint Richie Cunningham MF rattler"

bb1234567 · 08-05-2015 8:59pm

ClovenHoof wrote: »

It is coming to that time of year for tourists to boycott rural Ireland so they are not slaughtered by an 11 year old driving his father's giant blue tractor, as his foot can barely touch the brake pedal.

I see it every year in the West, and the Garda and IFA do nothing to stop it other than obligatory 'public service' notices. I would urge tourist to especially boycott the 'kill zone' in and around the Wild Atlantic Way.

Every year, we hear stories of children killed operating their father's farm machinery. There are two responses; "ah shure, me father let me drive his tractor at 11!" Tractors today are giant industrial and powerful fast machines and not the quaint Richie Cunningham MF rattler of the old days. Today's rural roads are also much busier.

The other response is ... NOTHING.

The child is buried in his small white coffin. Mention is made in the papers of the father once playing Junior GAA for Mayo, TDs attend the fueral looking for votes, and some priest mentions something or other about it being 'God's will'...

No it wasn't it was the father's homicidal negligence.

Only a matter of time before a dozen tourists are killed by a farmer's child driving a tractor on country lanes for 'God's will'.

Do we? I've never heard of any such thing happening on the news

tomwaterford · 08-05-2015 9:05pm

bb1234567 wrote: »

Do we? I've never heard of any such thing happening on the news

Being honest....last year was one of the worst for farm deaths in a long long while....I'm surprised if the hsa don't clamp down a lot on this tbh

Canis Lupus · 08-05-2015 9:29pm

wendell borton wrote: »

There's so much technology in todays modern tractors that 11 year old are probably the only ones who can figure out how to operate them.

I've seen less buttons and joysticks in airplane simulators.

sjb25 · 08-05-2015 9:34pm

Load her up and drive er on ta fcuk I think is how you get the keys for the first time round here

Copa Mundial · 08-05-2015 9:34pm

Every year, we hear stories of children killed operating their father's farm machinery.

Fairly sensationalist there tbf. I can't think of a single fatality that was caused by the child operating machinery themselves.

ClovenHoof wrote: »

It is coming to that time of year for tourists to boycott rural Ireland..... Today's rural roads are also much busier.

You've answered the problem there, leave the roads in our own capable hands out Wesht and we'll have a mighty time

Nekarsulm · 08-05-2015 9:38pm

tomwaterford wrote: »

Being honest....last year was one of the worst for farm deaths in a long long while....I'm surprised if the hsa don't clamp down a lot on this tbh

IF, and its a big "if", 11 year old children are driving on public roads, then it's the Garda not the HSA who need to address it.

tomwaterford · 08-05-2015 9:40pm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

IF, and its a big "if", 11 year old children are driving on public roads, then it's the Garda not the HSA who need to address it.

While I doubt 11 year olds are....from about 14 on is very common around here.....letting themselves in for a life of misery and regret driving tractors.....an absolute dose that is

silverfeather · 08-05-2015 9:46pm

Obviously this is highly ignorant. It's fine fodder for humor clearly. 16 yrs is the required age for the correct license. They are children they are uninsured and without a license. What type of parent does that? If they have an accident they are totally uninsured. What if they hurt someone or destroy property who is going to pay? If this is not so bad why does anyone get a license or insurance to drive a tractor?

dmc17 · 08-05-2015 9:57pm

ClovenHoof wrote: »

It is coming to that time of year for tourists to boycott rural Ireland so they are not slaughtered by an 11 year old driving his father's giant blue tractor, as his foot can barely touch the brake pedal.

I see it every year in the West, and the Garda and IFA do nothing to stop it other than obligatory 'public service' notices. I would urge tourist to especially boycott the 'kill zone' in and around the Wild Atlantic Way.

Every year, we hear stories of children killed operating their father's farm machinery. There are two responses; "ah shure, me father let me drive his tractor at 11!" Tractors today are giant industrial and powerful fast machines and not the quaint Richie Cunningham MF rattler of the old days. Today's rural roads are also much busier.

The other response is ... NOTHING.

The child is buried in his small white coffin. Mention is made in the papers of the father once playing Junior GAA for Mayo, TDs attend the fueral looking for votes, and some priest mentions something or other about it being 'God's will'...

No it wasn't it was the father's homicidal negligence.

Only a matter of time before a dozen tourists are killed by a farmer's child driving a tractor on country lanes for 'God's will'.

What a load of horse sh1t. Sounds more like a sketch from Podge and Rodge's A Scare at Bedtime.

Agricola · 08-05-2015 10:04pm

"hah, they'll be fair fúckin sicka drivin 'em when they have 20 year up at it, little bastards" is a frequent refrain.

scart · 08-05-2015 10:20pm

wendell borton wrote: »

There's so much technology in todays modern tractors that 11 year old are probably the only ones who can figure out how to operate them.

The Massey is classy but the Zetor is better.....

Canis Lupus · 08-05-2015 10:20pm

Nekarsulm wrote: »

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2015/05/08/16-year-old-kids-needed-for-summer-of-driving-lethal-farm-machinery/

Didn't take them long to steal the idea did it.

11 Years Olds Driving Farm Machinery on Country Roads

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