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    Revisione dell’età legale per guidare un trattore

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    2. ratcubes89 on

      As someone who lives in the countryside I’m not sure how much it will matter. Already plenty of kids younger than 16 already driving tractors. Issue seems to be more around them driving newer monster machines that do 60kmh+ rather than the smaller ones doing 20 odd kmh that used to be the norm 10-15 years ago

    3. Consistent-Daikon876 on

      Won’t make any difference. Haven’t farmers suffered enough.

    4. Melodic-Chocolate-53 on

      Kind of ridiculous a child can drive a monster tractor on a public road legally where you need to have a course done to drive the same category on a building site. Laws date from a time tractors weren’t much bigger than a ride on lawnmower and far less traffic on roads.

    5. RobotIcHead on

      So I have seen how careless some of the drivers of tractors can be and introducing training is not a bad thing. But that will make much harder to employ people and the reason that they are hiring kids to do it is that they can’t get anyone else. And if they want to
      Introduce a test for the W category then I would ask how is that going to funded as that is going to be funded as it will be very expensive.

    6. siciowa on

      I’m glad the guy I worked for years ago would not let anyone drive on road for him without a C licence and be over 25. He was hauling easily 20+ ton grain trailers with 50k tractors

    7. deepcelt on

      Dead right it needs a review. It’s been too high for two long. Why can’t an 8 year old go out and earn an honest days pay? It’s a result of both the woke agenda AND die-hard, pearl clutching conservatism and I won’t stand for it. And Eamonn Ryan is also to blame, I’m sure. Tear it all down

    8. parkaman on

      About fucking time

      I used to work for a major agricultural type importer/fitter company. A young fella and his bird come in one day, in their school uniforms, to get all 4 wheels changed. Pretty common between seasons. Anyway, as the boys are changing the wheels, the cab starts to stream up and various sounds can clearly be heard. I have to come out of my office and ask the young fella would they mind cutting out the heavy petting while the lads were working. I mean we were all young and horny once but for fuck sake.

      Edit typo

    10. too_oldforthisshite on

      Majority of young tractor drivers have 5 years experience driving off road before on road. I and anyone in a similar position of a similar age were driving tractors around farms feeding animals loading bales lifting silage etc from 10 years of age. This is a different situation and completely removed from your normal 17 year old learning to drive a car on the road. Yes 50k and 60k tractors should have competency markers and agri contractors should not employ 16 yr olds for road work and that should be the division between what’s allowed and not.

    11. FlamingoRush on

      The current situation is crazy at the moment. A child can drive a tractor on a public road in traffic. This is unacceptable and asking for trouble. I understand that farmers do rely on the young lads to drive a tractor and they should be able to do this on a private road to a private land but not in the morning traffic on a public road.

    12. Active_Site_6754 on

      Most if not all have been driving these tractors on there private farms from 10years old.

      By the time there 16 and get the licence they are quite experienced and no what to do better than any car driver.

      I’ve been driving tractors since I was 8. I’m now 33 and I can drive anything you put I’m front of me.

    13. PerpetualBigAC on

      As a former kid who was let drive a fair few things i definitely shouldn’t have been it should absolutely be looked into. I’m a binman now and I see kids driving tractors and loads that would outweigh our lorry fully loaded. It shouldn’t be happening and it’s not safe.

    14. Infernikus on

      As if they’re ever going to listen. You see kids as young as 12 driving tractors. Its a liability but as farms are in the middle of nowhere, the laws wont be applied

    15. Ambitious_Bill_7991 on

      When you reach 16, you can drive an enormous tractor and trailer, tens of tons of heavy machinery, or a moped.

    16. Cmon_fella on

      One of the biggest issues that isn’t spoken about enough is young people (under 25s) driving a tractor while also staring down at their phone.

      It’s a bad enough using your phone driving a car, but driving a massive tractor as an inexperienced driver literally glued to the phone is inexcusable.

      See it all the time on busy roads outside of the local town

    17. ThemeStunning5969 on

      Add Sulkies to the review too please. At least tractors are insured by the farmer.

    18. slevinonion on

      Need to ban them from motorways too. Only country in Europe that allows it. Having a 100kph speed difference between traffic is lethal.

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