Re: Operating a farm tractor on the roadway/NYS

Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 26, 2006 at 06:31:21 from (209.226.106.121):

In Reply to: Operating a farm tractor on the roadway/NYS posted by Kendog on February 25, 2006 at 16:32:04:

Ken: You raise a good question whether it be NY or any other jurisdiction. First most liability insurance available for tractors will have a clause restricting you to ag use getting between fields, hauling supplies or farm product. For the most part this is ignored as most situations will find the operator able to come up with an ag use. This works on elegable roadways, as you were just going to rake Farmer Brown's hay 1/2 mile beyond your destination. You should concern yourself about liability at the show, you never know, that lawyer that let his fingers slide over your rear tractor treads, as you drove by, well, you just never know how badley he may have been injured.

Slow moving vehicle signs are a must just about everywhere in North America. Licenced drivers, are probably a must most everywhere. I know of one jurisdiction that requires farm tractors to have a non expiry licence sticker. Their argument, and I can agree with this, " If tractor is involved in an accident, they want no question on who is the responcible owner and who may be liable." I lived by these rules for many years in Nova Scotia, and having experienced this, I question not having tractor registry. In an accident situation, everyone has a right to promptly know the owner of other vehicles involved. Also with tractor registry, it gives police much more to work on if tractor is stolen. I doubt if there was ever a tractor stolen in Nova Scotia.

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