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Road Rage is very often a contributory factor in road accidents, where a driver gets frustrated by the actions of another driver and then becomes agitated and will make hasty decisions. This time of year in particular will see many tractors with machinery on the roads as they go about their farm work. However the question must be asked - do tractor drivers ever drive cars? If they do they should know how frustrating it is for drivers caught behind a slow-moving tractor on a road where passing opportunities are non-existent. The roadway from Monaghan to Emyvale is one such road and some of the tractor drivers ignore the build up of cars, lorries and vans behind them and trundle along oblivious to the rising blood pressure behind them. Now they have every right to drive the road, although there seems to be a law which obliges them to pull in and allow traffic to pass them out when six or more are caught behind them for a considerable length of road. Recently we have witnessed many occasions where the tractor fails to show courtesy, never mind the law, to allow those behind pass out. The result is that some driver, or drivers, will take chances to pass out where it may not be safe to do so and there is a serious accident waiting to happen. I waited on the Bridge in Emyvale one day recently to see what would happen and within a few minutes I had an example of what I am referring to. Obviously I have blurred out the tractor to prevent identification but you get the message. One driver in the tail-back told me that he joined the queue on the other side of Tirnaneil. If you are a tractor driver perhaps you might think about this.

The lorry in Picture 3 here is a different lorry from the one in pics 1 and 2. This indicates the length of the tail back. There were 44 vehicles in total behind the tractor at the Bridge.