Warning as tractor traffic increases

The IFA and the Road Safety Authority are urging road users to take extra care in the summer months due to the seasonal increase in the number of tractors, trailers and other farm machinery on the roads.

The appeal comes with farmers in the middle of the silage cutting season. Drivers of farm vehicles are also reminded that they are covered by road traffic laws on driver licensing, insurance, vehicle roadworthiness, lighting and motor tax.

Moyagh Murdock, RSA chief executive, said: “I am asking all drivers to be on the look out for tractors, trailers and other farm machinery exiting from fields and farm yards. If you are travelling behind farm machinery, please be patient and only over take when it’s safe to do so. We should all expect the unexpected, as danger could literally be around the next corner.”