Comments on: Pull over tweedy http://tygerland.net/2006/06/22/pull-over-tweedy/ occasionally acerbic, cultural and political comment Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:09:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: tyger http://tygerland.net/2006/06/22/pull-over-tweedy/#comment-116252 tyger Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:30:53 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=675#comment-116252 I live in the country, I grew up on a farm. And I also happen to be a manager for the UK's largest Ltd. agricultural company. I live in the country, I grew up on a farm. And I also happen to be a manager for the UK’s largest Ltd. agricultural company.

]]> By: Ironic http://tygerland.net/2006/06/22/pull-over-tweedy/#comment-5982 Ironic Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:03:00 +0000 http://tygerland.net/?p=675#comment-5982 Your description of foreign hands being, Amos’ and Worzel’s unfortunately doesn't hold true any more. Gone are the days of the honest underpaid local sitting on the top of his under-insured completely illegal T20 tractor with no role bar or cab. Nowadays it's a Rumanian or Ukrainian. He's also not sure which side of the road he has to drive on, he still doesn't have any insurance road tax or even a number plate... and another thing ,one of the reasons why he's driving on the public roads in a very erratic manner is that he is aged 14. but now he is driving a 1500 horse power tractor the size of a tiger tank, its also fitted with an unsafe, very large piece of farm machinery that is fish tailing across two carriageways. You may think that I am being ironic here, but the tragedy is that unfortunately this description is true. I live in a rural community and see this sort of thing on a regular basis. Its only a few years ago that a farm hand failed to secured the digger arm on a back hoe tractor, and decapitated 2 motorists when it Swung loose on a corner. Wildrose suggested a piece of legislation that would make it a legal requirement that if more than five cars backed up behind a tractor, that the tractor must pull in to the nearest available safe passin point to let the traffic through. Your description of foreign hands being, Amos’ and Worzel’s unfortunately doesn’t hold true any more. Gone are the days of the honest underpaid local sitting on the top of his under-insured completely illegal T20 tractor with no role bar or cab. Nowadays it’s a Rumanian or Ukrainian. He’s also not sure which side of the road he has to drive on, he still doesn’t have any insurance road tax or even a number plate… and another thing ,one of the reasons why he’s driving on the public roads in a very erratic manner is that he is aged 14. but now he is driving a 1500 horse power tractor the size of a tiger tank, its also fitted with an unsafe, very large piece of farm machinery that is fish tailing across two carriageways.

You may think that I am being ironic here, but the tragedy is that unfortunately this description is true. I live in a rural community and see this sort of thing on a regular basis. Its only a few years ago that a farm hand failed to secured the digger arm on a back hoe tractor, and decapitated 2 motorists when it Swung loose on a corner.

Wildrose suggested a piece of legislation that would make it a legal requirement that if more than five cars backed up behind a tractor, that the tractor must pull in to the nearest available safe passin point to let the traffic through.

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