"Public road users can expect dirty road surfaces, due to farmers and their contractors drawing mud on to roads" – Vincent Thomas, Grange, Tullow, Co Carlow.
DEAR SIR: Well I suppose it is that time of year again. Public road users can expect dirty road surfaces due to farmers and their contractors drawing mud on to roads and having the roads in a filthy and dangerous state.
When driving in Northern Ireland it was a pleasure not to have that problem and the bother of agricultural equipment holding up traffic, without build-up of following vehicles. In the Republic, we have laws for these actions, but the difference is that in Northern Ireland the laws are enforced.
Apart from the mud problem, it is amazing how little respect farmers have for their own safety and the safety of other road users.
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Notice the level of vehicles with law-breaking lack of lighting equipment, often travelling at very low speeds.
It is all very grand, until a serious accident occurs and of course we are all there saying how sad it is.
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Title: Letter: dirty road surfaces in Ireland
"Public road users can expect dirty road surfaces, due to farmers and their contractors drawing mud on to roads" – Vincent Thomas, Grange, Tullow, Co Carlow.
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DEAR SIR: Well I suppose it is that time of year again. Public road users can expect dirty road surfaces due to farmers and their contractors drawing mud on to roads and having the roads in a filthy and dangerous state.
When driving in Northern Ireland it was a pleasure not to have that problem and the bother of agricultural equipment holding up traffic, without build-up of following vehicles. In the Republic, we have laws for these actions, but the difference is that in Northern Ireland the laws are enforced.
Apart from the mud problem, it is amazing how little respect farmers have for their own safety and the safety of other road users.
Notice the level of vehicles with law-breaking lack of lighting equipment, often travelling at very low speeds.
It is all very grand, until a serious accident occurs and of course we are all there saying how sad it is.
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