Speeding tractors? Ha, ha, ha ,ha, ha ,ha ooh jeez.
SPEEDING tractor drivers are proving a menace in rural villages near Colne. Police have promised extra patrols to watch out for farm vehicles in Laneshawbridge and Trawden speeding, often in the early hours of the morning.
*giggle* A quick Google search puts the top speed of a tractor at about 30mph with some as low as 18-20mph.
Somehow I think this is another example of excess police officers who need to be made redundant and given packing jobs in a fish factory.
Villagers fear the tractors, which have been spotted dashing along the 30mph Emmott Lane, could cause an accident involving pupils from Laneshawbridge Primary School.My emphasis on that passage because I have just realised what this is: A "think of the chiiiiildren" story.
Coun George Askew, who represents Boulsworth ward which covers Laneshawbridge, said he had received a number of complaints about the Emmott Lane problem.
He added: “The drivers of these tractors need to remember that there is a school on the road and they should to be more careful.
Well in the case you need to pull out all the stops and bring these "speeding" tractor pilots to justice.
You may need this:
Sorry. I made myself laugh then. Just gis a minute.
“The tractors have been coming down Rock Lane in Trawden, where I live, tearing branches off trees.Oh please. Boy tractor racers. What has the yoof of today come to.
“It tends to be younger lads who are driving the tractors, there is no doubt about it, and it is a concern.''
What a laugh. I'm off for a smoke.
H/T to Gotty for the pic. Link Here
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The huge modern 'tractors' used by teams of contract workers bear no relationship to the old machines we remember trundling round the fields, and together with grass trailer are virtually the size of a container lorry.
They go very much faster than 30mph as they rush to empty the trailers and get back to the field. This tractor racing - which is what it most resembles - goes on through our village often until midnight as they cut with lights on fine evenings in season.
That should slow the 'speeding' tractor for a couple of seconds with the added bonus of helping to reduce the council tax burden of local residents.
*Repeat ad infinitum until fresh out of plastic pigs*
Do placcy coppers make good fertiliser? I would imagine so, they're full of bullshit.
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