Hmm this one gives me nightmares
http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/ ... n_tractors_/
"The tractor was in a roadworthy condition".. What an utterly facile and pointless statement! The poor guy has unknowingly run-over his colleague/friend, and will always [without justification] blame himself for not seeing him trying to climb up his steps, or at least walking towards his tractor.. and the only comfort that they can give him, is to tell him his brakes and indicators were working! We've all been there, it's 8.30pm, dark, spitting rain, heater/radio/autosteer on, probably been planting non-stop since early morning and for umpteen days in a row... Chilling...
There is a YouTube video where the cameraman climbs aboard a moving tractor (a modern, big, Deutz with nowadays-normal rear-hinged doors) which is pulling a baler.. and only one of the 'comments' mentions that that is a stupid thing to do?
This thread is going off in a completely different direction to what I had expected.. I feel we should change the title, or maybe split it into 2, as 'JCB And Safe Driving' sounds a bit odd?