12 year old tractor driver

[wr.]

Really shocks me some of the attitudes on here that's it's a giggle for 12 old to drive on the road.

Yes, I know it's illegal and I do not condone it but in our cities 12 year olds are carrying knives and killing each other.

 

[Turkish_FR]

Hey I was driving while I was 1 year old. According to narrations, some high IQ people put me on the seat and opened the hand gas.

 

[Shep]

Hey I was driving while I was 1 year old. According to narrations, some high IQ people put me on the seat and opened the hand gas.

Pffft... I was driving before I was concieved two vehicles at once in two different locations. to be fair I was with my mum and dad at the time.

 

[SMID]

Father was fined £20 when I was caught at 12 ... 51 years ago

 

[Finn farmer]

Ok let's say 12 old driver was on the road and drove into your car ?

Dumb boys insurance and claim that the tractor was taken without permission.

 

[Weasel]

There was a notorious character near here who was banned for drunk driving and had points on his license before he even had a provisional license.
He was also banned from the local pub, not only for underage drinking, but also for molesting the barmaids.
Reckon he must have been an early developer.

Was that in Ireland

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Years ago the copper who caught the lad / lads would have gone to farm , had a quiet word with the lads father and it would have been sorted . .......

 

[beefandsleep]

Years ago the copper who caught the lad / lads would have gone to farm , had a quiet word with the lads father and it would have been sorted . .......

During the war great grandad was short of wagon drivers so grandad was put to work, he would have been 13 I think. He was told to wear a big floppy hat so he wouldn’t be recognised. He got pulled up and they both ended up before the magistrate. Ggd was given a slap on the wrist as he claimed it was done out of patriotism to help the war effort. It was pretty rural round here then so not really the case that coppers of yesteryear wouldn’t have thrown the book.

 

[farmerm]

Dumb boys insurance and claim that the tractor was taken without permission.

It read that it was 12.30am with a 15 year old and 8 year old also in the cab, I would say it was most likely being driven without permission unless the Dad was p!55ed and lying in a trailer on the back!

 

[Hfd Cattle]

During the war great grandad was short of wagon drivers so grandad was put to work, he would have been 13 I think. He was told to wear a big floppy hat so he wouldn’t be recognised. He got pulled up and they both ended up before the magistrate. Ggd was given a slap on the wrist as he claimed it was done out of patriotism to help the war effort. It was pretty rural round here then so not really the case that coppers of yesteryear wouldn’t have thrown the book.

Our local copper was great when we were kids . We respected him far more than we realised at the time . I could have been locked away more than once but a good ear bashing off him and the prospect of knowing he would be calling by to see dad or grandad was enough to keep us more or less on the straight and narrow . Could do with a few more like him . He passed on about 8 yrs ago at the age of 92 . Many that I grew up with travelled hundreds of miles to pay their respects and we all realised how big a part his way of policing shaped our lives. ...however we often wondered how he managed to always be around at night when we were up to no good but at his funeral we learned he was also one of the biggest poachers in the area at the time.

 

[hydraulic]

It is progress, less people get killed today than in the past

it’s all well and good those of us that survived dangerous childhoods saying it’s ok but that’s only because those that did not are not here to point out the opposite !

kids should be allowed nowhere near tractors and farm machinery - mine certainly are not

 

[Clive]

13 is legal, I was carting grass etc at the same age

12 is not legal and the reason I say my boys are kept away from tractors is they are 7 and 9 ........ at 13 if interested I will show them how to drive one and supervise until proficient

 

[Wellytrack]

Yet another life is black and white thread.

 

[Clive]

Yet another life is black and white thread.

life may not be but the law certainly is


I think the law is right - the idea of a kid under 13 in a modern tractor is frankly stupidity and an accident waiting to happen

 

[Wellytrack]

life may not be but the law certainly is

Of course, in no way would I condone a 12 year old in the high way but as an example during early summer a lad of 14 landed to help a customer lead bales whilst I was working, there is drivers three times his age not as good. He didn't gain those skills the day before.

 

[dowcow]

Different in Ireland... I was once with a mate at his flat in the rough end of a rough town, waiting for a carpet to be delivered from the local discount carpet warehouse. The van that fetched it was driven by a ginger kid around 12 years old. His assistant was a good few years younger than that. Irish accent "Where you want this carpet, mate?" and the two kids lumped this thing in on their shoulders like they've been doing it for years. As they left I asked my friend "Shouldn't they be at school?" but he enlightened me "Nah, mate, Gypos don't go to school."

 

[davidroberts30]

13 is legal, I was carting grass etc at the same age

12 is not legal and the reason I say my boys are kept away from tractors is they are 7 and 9 ........ at 13 if interested I will show them how to drive one and supervise until proficient

Ireland...

 

[fiat 9090]

The old Allis that I drove as a kid had a starting handle. That was a real challenge.

so i

Years ago the copper who caught the lad / lads would have gone to farm , had a quiet word with the lads father and it would have been sorted . .......

that happened me ,my father was sick for a few years and i used to do road work at 13 till the guards got on to my mother they were v nice about it

 

[fiat 9090]

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Different in Ireland... I was once with a mate at his flat in the rough end of a rough town, waiting for a carpet to be delivered from the local discount carpet warehouse. The van that fetched it was driven by a ginger kid around 12 years old. His assistant was a good few years younger than that. Irish accent "Where you want this carpet, mate?" and the two kids lumped this thing in on their shoulders like they've been doing it for years. As they left I asked my friend "Shouldn't they be at school?" but he enlightened me "Nah, mate, Gypos don't go to school."

no they are too busy r....ng

 

[multi power]

Father was fined £20 when I was caught at 12 ... 51 years ago

£20 would have been a fair bit of money at the time too