tractor speed limits, a consultation

[aspenarb]

You have to quantify that as a statistic, while nearly every spotty youth aspires to a car, there are vastly fewer tractors on the road.

 

Each time I have insured a tractor they specifically ask if its going to be used in road haulage, particularly timber.

 

I think you will find there are incidents daily and its times like this you need to be belt and braces. Here are just a few and if you dig deeper there are hundreds if not thousands of them.

Telford rush hour traffic chaos after tractor trailer crash Shropshire Star

Welshpool Train Crash Passengers May be Eligible to Claim Compensation - Colemans CTTS Solicitors

Boy dies in tractor crash - ITV News

Traffic queuing on A38 in Plymouth after tractor crash jacknifes near Forder Valley overturns | Plymouth Herald

Tributes to biker killed in tractor crash | This is Somerset

Tractor driver dies after A46 accident | Nottingham Post

Teenage couple's tractor crash death sparks speed limit warning | This is Essex

 

Although half the time its not the tractor drivers fault it wont stop them being thoroughly checked out. No stones are unturned when there is a fatality .

 

 

Going back to the wider loads , the tractors have to conform to the same criteria as the trucks on this. Few do but it leaves them wide open if things go wrong,

 

Agricultural vehicle combination maximum width = 2.55 metres

 

This may be exceeded providing conditions are complied with*.

 

2.55 - 3 m = 20 mph speed limit

 

3 - 3.5 m = 20 mph speed limit + police notification (24 hours before journey)

 

3.5 - 4.3 m = 12 mph speed limit + police notification (24 hours before journey) + escort required

 

Bob

Edited December 15, 2013 by aspenarb

[Lyncombe-climber]

I think you will find there are incidents daily and its times like this you need to be belt and braces. Here are just a few and if you dig deeper there are hundreds if not thousands of them.

Telford rush hour traffic chaos after tractor trailer crash Shropshire Star

Welshpool Train Crash Passengers May be Eligible to Claim Compensation - Colemans CTTS Solicitors

Boy dies in tractor crash - ITV News

Traffic queuing on A38 in Plymouth after tractor crash jacknifes near Forder Valley overturns | Plymouth Herald

Tributes to biker killed in tractor crash | This is Somerset

Tractor driver dies after A46 accident | Nottingham Post

Teenage couple's tractor crash death sparks speed limit warning | This is Essex

 

Although half the time its not the tractor drivers fault it wont stop them being thoroughly checked out. No stones are unturned when there is a fatality .

 

 

Going back to the wider loads , the tractors have to conform to the same criteria as the trucks on this. Few do but it leaves them wide open if things go wrong,

 

Agricultural vehicle combination maximum width = 2.55 metres

 

This may be exceeded providing conditions are complied with*.

 

2.55 - 3 m = 20 mph speed limit

 

3 - 3.5 m = 20 mph speed limit + police notification (24 hours before journey)

 

3.5 - 4.3 m = 12 mph speed limit + police notification (24 hours before journey) + escort required

 

Bob

 

You got that exactly right after I recently had an accident with a tractor that was 3m wide and hadn't given notice

[doobin]

You got that exactly right after I recently had an accident with a tractor that was 3m wide and hadn't given notice

 

The daft thing is I bet the police have got far better things to do than process notices of intent to move a power harrow three hundred yards down the road to the next field...

[Lyncombe-climber]

How is it far better if it could of prevented an accident?

[gensetsteve]

I think most people know when they enter the public highway if they are pushing their luck. If you dont feel the load and vehicle is safe its not. If you have an accident it wont take long for those in the know to find where you cut corners.