Re: tractor driving

Posted by Hal/WA on October 26, 2005 at 17:15:37 from (148.65.0.200):

In Reply to: Re: tractor driving posted by wayne2 on October 26, 2005 at 05:45:28:

On the other hand, the officer would probably be paid overtime for his court appearance, not a bad deal for him. But few people, officers included, like to appear stupid in court.

I would suggest respectfully asking the officer what actual law he is referring to, and just how you can find it in your state's traffic or other laws. The officer might be right......but I suspect he is "blowing smoke".

Obviously if a tractor driver has or causes an accident or other problem, there might be a good reason for a citation to be issued. Negligent driving, reckless driving and possibly obstructing traffic come to mind. But just driving a tractor down the road, minding your own business and not causing trouble for other drivers is permissible in my state. The question of insurance coverage, if there should happen to be a problem, is a good one, and one I will talk to my insurance man about.

Generally I seldom ever take my tractor on the public road. But once I drove a tractor home about 20 miles, because I didn't have a trailer that it would fit on. No problems for me or anyone else, it just took awhile at less than 10 mph. I had to pull off the road to let traffic pass a few times, but that was only being neighborly. Good luck!

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