Why can’t tractor drivers pull over on the road?

[Bomb]

I have just driven between Burford and Lechlade, behind a John Deere tractor and bale trailer. Despite the driver passing numerous places where he could’ve pulled over he just drove past obliviously. People like this really do not help our industry! It is all too easy to forget that other people are also at work, and not just us. I understand that when we are on the road on tractors it gets irritating when people will not overtake you, but if you get two or three nervous driver stuck behind you that will not overtake you will soon create a huge queue. Let’s keep the general public on side and pull over.

 

[PSQ]

I dont know, why didn't you follow him and ask him / her at their destination?

Then you could have 'named and shamed' them on social media, which seems to be the modern way of obtaining justice.

 

[Still Farming]

Some tractors go faster than some other vehicles these days too.
D heads on the highway in what ever vehicles their in.

 

[roscoe erf]

cynic in me new member joined just for this post ?

 

[john432]

Why can't the public wave and give a thank you honk on the horn ,when one does pull in to let them go faster on their way?

 

[Yale]

Why can’t muppets in cars overtake tractors when it’s blindingly obvious to do so safely.

Instead they get transfixed until someone from five cars back goes for it big time......then they are like sheep,all jostling to follow.

 

[Spud]

Why can't Joe public have a few manners? Have a bit of patience, acknowledge tractors that pull off. And stop dawdling about when they do pull off!

 

[massey765]

i rekon push bikes are worse than tractors

 

[Cowabunga]

The issue is that sometimes, when you have a 50kph tractor [or even a 30kph one], some people just will not overtake even where there is more than enough opportunity to do so, and if you pull in to let these past you find that they go no faster than you were going. Also on very busy roads you can be stuck in a lay-by for five minutes, unable to re-enter the constant stream of traffic.

 

[Cowabunga]

i rekon push bikes are worse than tractors

Yes some pushbikes will ride side by side or in the middle of the lane, holding traffic at a crawl, oblivious. Also some caravaners are quite unable to drive their units tidily and forget about reversing under any circumstances. Which is probably why motorhomes now seem to outnumber touring caravans. Some of them are no better either.
Then there are the car drivers!

It was very nice during the lockdowns and as it should be, with only me on the road for miles and miles.

 

[texelburger]

I have just driven between Burford and Lechlade, behind a John Deere tractor and bale trailer. Despite the driver passing numerous places where he could’ve pulled over he just drove past obliviously. People like this really do not help our industry! It is all too easy to forget that other people are also at work, and not just us. I understand that when we are on the road on tractors it gets irritating when people will not overtake you, but if you get two or three nervous driver stuck behind you that will not overtake you will soon create a huge queue. Let’s keep the general public on side and pull over.

Absolutely, I always pullover whenever it's safe and possible.Its just good manners and nearly everyone appreciates it with a wave or friendly tonk.

 

[Paddington]

Overtaking spots are thin and far between around here, though I've often followed a tractor doing 20mph for several miles only to find the Nissan Micra in front of him is oblivious to anyone behind them.

 

[Sid]

Laybys with food wagons in them, cars parked right in the middle, some are just too small. Even if you slow down to a crawl in the road some drivers just won't pass!

 

[Boysground]

I regularly drive 20 miles between my 2 farms I pull over as much as I can and often for only 1 vehicle to pass.

I wouldn’t mind having a word with the truck driver that overtook me last night, I think that he was in such a hurry to overtake a tractor that he missed his turn onto the A303, half a mile later I had to wait for him to do a 37 point turn so he could go back.

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[Courier]

Cars can be as annoyingly bad - Near us is a 400 + metre 30mph stretch of road with half a dozen 1 metre wide traffic calming cushions and three cars in front the "lead" low slung car was travelling at 20mph and then slowing down to crawl over the bump slipping their clutch as they went (no-one was making any attempt to overtake) - My cruise control was set at 31 mph and I happily passed the lot of them ....

 

[Cropper]

Cars can be as annoyingly bad - Near us is a 400 + metre 30mph stretch of road with half a dozen 1 metre wide traffic calming cushions and three cars in front the "lead" low slung car was travelling at 20mph and then slowing down to crawl over the bump slipping their clutch as they went (no-one was making any attempt to overtake) - My cruise control was set at 31 mph and I happily passed the lot of them ....

In your tractor?

 

[Farmer_Joe]

Absolutely, I always pullover whenever it's safe and possible.Its just good manners and nearly everyone appreciates it with a wave or friendly tonk.

same here,
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i have to say i get as infuriated as the OP when this happens as i always pull over when safe to do so, some nob ends just keep going regardless

 

[treefarmer]

Whether it's tractors, caravans, horse boxes or crappy old trucks - it's ignorance.

 

[Henarar]

I pull over as much as I can, pull over in to the tractor shed that is and leave it there, leave the driving about the roads with tractors for the progressive farmers and contractors as much as I can these days

 

[Wilksy]

Just a tractor or with an implement? Different story with a drill or a plough on I'd say