Drunk tractor driver charged

[Mousefield]

By Neil Horner - Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Published: July 05, 2010 4:00 PM
Updated: July 05, 2010 4:18 PM
British Columbia's impaired driving laws don't just apply to cars, trucks and motorcycles, say police. They also apply to tractors.
One Coombs-area farmer found that out to his dismay on Canada Day when he got pulled over on Highway 4A.
Oceanside RCMP Corporal Richard van de Pol said police pulled over the red, Massey Ferguson tractor after being observed by police.
He was administered a roadside breath test and was then issued a 24-hour driving prohibition and the tractor was impounded. He was also issued a violation ticket for driving with no insurance.
He added that police don't just keep an eye on regular drivers as they cruise the area's highways.
Wiith any motor vehicle, whether it be a tractor, a motorbike or a car, people are expected to abide by the drinking and driving laws, he said

What not to do when driving a tractor especially if you have no insurance.

 

[SPIKER]

By Neil Horner - Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Published: July 05, 2010 4:00 PM
Updated: July 05, 2010 4:18 PM
British Columbia's impaired driving laws don't just apply to cars, trucks and motorcycles, say police. They also apply to tractors.
One Coombs-area farmer found that out to his dismay on Canada Day when he got pulled over on Highway 4A.
Oceanside RCMP Corporal Richard van de Pol said police pulled over the red, Massey Ferguson tractor after being observed by police.
He was administered a roadside breath test and was then issued a 24-hour driving prohibition and the tractor was impounded. He was also issued a violation ticket for driving with no insurance.
He added that police don't just keep an eye on regular drivers as they cruise the area's highways.
Wiith any motor vehicle, whether it be a tractor, a motorbike or a car, people are expected to abide by the drinking and driving laws, he said

What not to do when driving a tractor especially if you have no insurance.

heck the OHIO cops pull over riding lawn mowers, bikes and even roller skating while drunk will/can land you a DUI! guess it is a way for them to make more money...
I'm sure the several times that Ive seen or read about the riding lawn mower guys getting pulled over were in major danger of running down and killing a helpless flower bed
mark

 

[Tig]

Yeah when you leave your property you are fair game. I do know a convicted DUI lawnmower guy. He wasn't cutting grass at the time. He was just being a nuisance.

 

[dcyrilc]

heck the OHIO cops pull over riding lawn mowers, bikes and even roller skating while drunk will/can land you a DUI! guess it is a way for them to make more money...
I'm sure the several times that Ive seen or read about the riding lawn mower guys getting pulled over were in major danger of running down and killing a helpless flower bed
mark

I'd like to see a report on a DUI on roller skates. I think I'd try to argue that it isn't driving.:laughing:

 

[RoyJackson]

I'm sure the several times that Ive seen or read about the riding lawn mower guys getting pulled over were in major danger of running down and killing a helpless flower bed
mark

I know it sounds funny, but that mower driver (or the tractor driver or skater) could pull into traffic and get himself killed or get someone else killed.

 

[Thomas]

Hope he wasn't sing and thinking of George Jones singing..white lighting.

 

[lakngulf]

Ok, Mouse' it looks to me like this article has been altered and the Massey Ferguson was inserted. So, how long did they keep your Kioti?

 

[Egon]

There are quite a few of that type incident over the course of a year.

 

[Mousefield]

:drink:

Ok, Mouse' it looks to me like this article has been altered and the Massey Ferguson was inserted. So, how long did they keep your Kioti?

Not me, honest. I do enjoy the odd :drink: but not if I am driving anything. Easy enough to get into trouble without drinking. This incident happened a few miles from our place.

 

[Mousefield]

There are quite a few of that type incident over the course of a year.

Yet they never learn. :laughing::laughing: