Tractor driving test

[Cowabunga]

It’s a pity that he hasn’t got the confidence to take the car driving test. It’s not that hard and if he practiced a lot of the theory he’d soon get the hang of it. It doesn’t matter a damn if he fails the test, even fails it several times. There’s always next time. Practice makes perfect. Imagine the buzz he’d get when he eventually passed it. He might even pass it first time and ride cloud nine with the confidence boost.
Lessons are essential.

 

[David1968]

It doesn’t matter a damn if he fails the test, even fails it several times.

Well, yes it does matter, if lack of confidence is the problem.

LP has the right idea. Tractor test first and use that as a stepping stone if he wants to go on to a car test.

 

[trebornella]

Son and daughter both passed tractor tests at 16 and then passed car tests 1st time at 17. Definitely helps to have some road craft even if it is at tractor speed. Problem today is the powers that be dont want too many drivers on the road and driving test examiners are being given limits on the number of passes they can give. Think its set at around 50% pass rate.

 

[Cowabunga]

Son and daughter both passed tractor tests at 16 and then passed car tests 1st time at 17. Definitely helps to have some road craft even if it is at tractor speed. Problem today is the powers that be dont want too many drivers on the road and driving test examiners are being given limits on the number of passes they can give. Think its set at around 50% pass rate.

Fewer young people are trying a driving test than ever before, certainly in proportion to those that could do so if they wanted. This may be heavily biassed towards urban areas, but very many just aren’t interested these days where there is adequate public transport and/or taxi services.

 

[Lazy Sod]

The trouble at the moment is getting a test. My neighbours girl has been waiting months for her car test. Last autumn she got managed to book one for March.

 

[Boysground]

Fewer young people are trying a driving test than ever before, certainly in proportion to those that could do so if they wanted. This may be heavily biassed towards urban areas, but very many just aren’t interested these days where there is adequate public transport and/or taxi services.

It isn’t just urban, every time i put a job ad out i put driving licence essential on the add, due to location of the farm rather than the job. Every time we get applicants without a licence.Its happened this week. I think it’s just the cost of getting the licence and then running a car that puts people off.

My daughter will be back city dwelling in the autumn. she is going to sell her car the cost of parking it doesn’t stack up. She will easily survive without it.

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[michael N123]

You were driving on the road with no insurance?

13 year ago I likely was can say it now tho

 

[Massey Ferguson 6480]

13 year ago I likely was can say it now tho

Everyone just used to think i was my dad.

 

[Farmer Roy]

The funny thing is, here you can’t drive a tractor ( or any other agricultural machine ) on the road without a car licence as a minimum

 

[David.]

Can you drive ag machinery in Aus generally on a UK full drivers license?

 

[AnyOldName]

No, he's certainly not that, but he's very capable of doing a good job but utterly lacking in confidence. I've employed his dad on and off for 15 years and he's the best I've employed by country miles.... so I'd like to give his boy a chance

Since confidence is the main issue, could you get him started tractor driving just doing some easy field work? Something slow and steady like rolling silage ground would give him seat time without the stress of a test, then build up from there. If you could get him to the point that he can jump into a tractor and do the driving part automatically, without worrying about it, then doing the test should be a lot easier.

And kudos to you for trying to give the guy a chance, we’ve all needed a little help at some point of our life.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Can you drive ag machinery in Aus generally on a UK full drivers license?

I have no confirmation of this, but I would see no reason why you couldn’t

we don’t have “tractor” licences or anything similar to that, the legal requirement is at a minimum, a car Drivers License, so a UK Drivers licence would be classed as equivalent to our Class C licence, allowing you to drive a tractor.

I’d imagine a UK “tractor”’license wouldn’t mean anything here

 

[jondear]

And a tractor under 2.4m wide.

They don't worry about that .Just don't turn up with anything to big !leave the duals at home!

 

[upnortheast]

They don't worry about that .Just don't turn up with anything to big !leave the duals at home!

Lad from a family who do a lot of contracting turned up for his tractor test in the biggest tractor in the fleet. Examiner said, you have 20 minutes to get a smaller tractor or i`m going home.
lad got back with seconds to spare & passed

 

[DrDunc]

Lad from a family who do a lot of contracting turned up for his tractor test in the biggest tractor in the fleet. Examiner said, you have 20 minutes to get a smaller tractor or i`m going home.
lad got back with seconds to spare & passed

Then razzed off to meet his mates at McDonald's in the biggest tractor in the fleet?

 

[trebornella]

Ive told this story before, but good to give it another airing. Soon after my daughter passed her tractor test, she was stopped by the local cops and told she was breaking the law driving a tractor on the road at 16 years old. I rang the local test centre to ask if there had been any rule changes since she had passed and was told no. I went with her to the cop shop and asked why they had stopped her? Their reply was 'she could only drive a tractor less then 2.45m wide'. I asked if they had measured the width of a Leyland 154. Red faces all round. I was ready to let rip into them, but thought, no i'll let it go. She always got a friendly wave from them after that.

 

[ollie989898]

31 years old & doesn’t have a drivers licence ?

sounds like a real go getter

Lots of people about without the confidence to do it.

In my line of work it may surprise you how many adults in the UK I have met who are not confident in their own reading and writing skills.

 

[MF-ANDY]

Is that strictly enforced?

Can't think of anyone round here with one under 2.4m that wasn't made 40 years ago, unless it's permanently attached to a slurry scraper

Probably not until something goes wrong

 

[Farmer Roy]

Lots of people about without the confidence to do it.

In my line of work it may surprise you how many adults in the UK I have met who are not confident in their own reading and writing skills.

sadly, it doesn’t surprise me at all . . .

 

[Kidds]

Stepson is nearly 30 with no license.
He is a farm manager