Tractors and Caravans

[qbman1]

Pity I have nothing better to think about but I have a real issue with agricultural vehicles clogging up the roads when I am trying to get to and from work. Most of them pay no vehicle duty, they are huge, cause considerable damage to the road surface and are driven by idiots, causing a bloody nuisance during the commute. I think they should be prohibited from using public roads between the hours of 7am and 9am and 4pm and 6pm unless they pay their share of road tax.

Similarly, let's limit the use of caravans on the road to off-peak hours unless they pay a vehicle surcharge and the owners learn how to tow the bloody things !

[qbman1]

#roadrage !!

[Mervyn and Trish]

Hear hear

[Manoverboard]

Many of the Darzet roads were originally built for the agri vehicles to use and then along came impatient idiots in cars ... they says in these ere parts

[qbman1]

That'll be the cart track when "agricultural vehicles" were 'orses and carts not sodding great behemoths !

[oldbluefox]

In these parts I am convinced the farmers have a rota to clog up the A595 between Cockermouth and Carlisle. It doesn't seem to matter what time of day there's always a tractor or Land Rover idling along with all the time in the world, and with no chance of overtaking the tailback extends up to 20 or 30 vehicles for miles. If you do try to overtake on one of the few straight stretches there is often a Speed Wagon to catch you out.
Believe it or not this is the same main road used by ambulances to take patients from Whitehaven to Carlisle for emergency treatment. It's hardly surprising some people get impatient, take risks and are then involved in rather nasty accidents.

[Onelife]

Pity I have nothing better to think about but I have a real issue with agricultural vehicles clogging up the roads when I am trying to get to and from work. Most of them pay no vehicle duty, they are huge, cause considerable damage to the road surface and are driven by idiots, causing a bl**dy nuisance during the commute. I think they should be prohibited from using public roads between the hours of 7am and 9am and 4pm and 6pm unless they pay their share of road tax.

Similarly, let's limit the use of caravans on the road to off-peak hours unless they pay a vehicle surcharge and the owners learn how to tow the bl**dy things !

Yeah! But.....

They plough the fields and scatter
The good seed on the land,
And we are fed and watered
By their almighty hands
They tend the animals in winter
The skill to swell the grain,
The tractor and the farmer
May they not block.....my lane.

[Stephen]

Pity I have nothing better to think about but I have a real issue with agricultural vehicles clogging up the roads when I am trying to get to and from work. Most of them pay no vehicle duty, they are huge, cause considerable damage to the road surface and are driven by idiots, causing a bl**dy nuisance during the commute. I think they should be prohibited from using public roads between the hours of 7am and 9am and 4pm and 6pm unless they pay their share of road tax.

Similarly, let's limit the use of caravans on the road to off-peak hours unless they pay a vehicle surcharge and the owners learn how to tow the bl**dy things !

Yeah! But.....

They plough the fields and scatter
The good seed on the land,
And we are fed and watered
By their almighty hands
They tend the animals in winter
The skill to swell the grain,
The tractor and the farmer
May they not block.....my lane.

[oldbluefox]

I nominate OL as the forum's poet laureate and in the absence of any other nominations.............................

[Stephen]

I nominate OL as the forum's poet laureate and in the absence of any other nominations.............................

Lorry who

[towny44]

Why restrict the ban to commuting times, we have one numpty farmer who drives his tractor and bloody huge trailer down the main A640 from the M62 to Huddersfield regularly around lunchtime, combined with the ridiculous traffic calming bottlenecks installed by the council, it would often be quicker to walk.

[Ranchi]

What I want to know is how do they manage to hide all of the tractors/caravans so that there is always one ready to be in front of you just as you come to the end of a section of dual carriageway. Works every time on A66, A69 or A1 north of Morpeth.

[Silver_Shiney]

When I towed a caravan and could see vehicles starting to stack up behind me, I'd pull in to let them pass. Simple courtesy costs nothing...

[Stephen]

When I towed a caravan and could see vehicles starting to stack up behind me, I'd pull in to let them pass. Simple courtesy costs nothing...

You are a rare breed Alan. Unfortunately it's a me me me and s*d everyone else world today.

[gfwgfw]

Tractors


School run

[oldpoer]

If some of you took public transport or got of your backsides and walked to your work you would not see the tractors or caravans

[Stephen]

Tractors


School run

[oldbluefox]

If some of you took public transport or got of your backsides and walked to your work you would not see the tractors or caravans

Public transport? What's that? Fine if you've got public transport going where you want to go but there are many villages which no longer have a bus service. What's the point of owning a car (especially in rural Britain) and its attendant costs, if you are going to spend even more taking public transport which takes longer, only leaves at certain times and will get stuck behind the same tractors and caravans as the rest?

I applaud those like Alan who find themselves with a snake of traffic behind them and pull over to let it clear. Occasionally tractors will drive close to the kerb which allows others to overtake or pull in to let the traffic clear. This is a courteous practice which should be applauded but is not always the case.

[Dennis The Menace]

No tractors or caravans for me !

Coz I got a brand new combine harvester.............

[Silver_Shiney]

an' I got the key!

[Onelife]

On frequent visits to Wales l often encounter farmers going about there daily business and although it can be a bit frustrating the thing that pee's me off most is the nervous drivers who sit behind the tractors even though there are oppertunities for them to overtake.

[gfwgfw]

Greetings dear friends

Not often but farmer Chalky White has to move his beautiful herd of Jerseys to pastures new down yer in rural Darzet a B road

SOMEHOW I know not, if a pesky motor head gets a tad impatiens

The lovely girls are prompted to void their bowels

Beleave me the up market limo windscreen wipers are rendered useless in removing Darzet meadow rich Jersey poooo


Lubooo all


Graham

[oldbluefox]

Just as bad when they are coming towards you Graham cos they slobber all over your car. Best to keep windows and sunroof shut. And I wonder what they put in their poooooo cos that sticks to a motor car better than any glue.

[Quizzical Bob]

When I towed a caravan and could see vehicles starting to stack up behind me, I'd pull in to let them pass. Simple courtesy costs nothing...

Very considerate of you. I have towed a caravan for years and with 240hp our combination has the performance of a mid-range saloon so it is extremely rare that we hold anybody up. We've often been held up by the numpties in front of us though.

Please don't confuse us with motor homes though, those things are slower than a push bike with two flat tyres.

[oldbluefox]

We have the same problem with sightseers out for a drive to admire the scenery. You can imagine the conversation...............
"We had a lovely drive out. There was absolutely nothing on the roads............." No!!! Because it's all behind you, you numpty!!! Why don't they just indicate, move over and let those who are not on a leisure drive go past them once they get to a safe place for overtaking? Then they can enjoy the rest of their drive. Just thoughtless!!