Additional centres have been authorised to carry out road-worthiness tests on ‘fast’ tractors, according to the Road Safety Authority (RSA). A ‘fast’...
June 19, 2018
To date, two test centres have been authorised to carry out road-worthiness tests on ‘fast’ tractors – though the number...
June 14, 2018
A tractor testing course – described as the “first of its kind” – has been launched by the Athlone Institute of...
May 29, 2018
Agricultural contractors look set to escape the need to test ‘fast’ tractors, once the tractor is used mainly on land...
March 15, 2018
The saga surrounding the road-worthiness testing of ‘fast’ tractors continues to rumble on, with no conclusion on the immediate horizon....
March 14, 2018
It is understood that stakeholders will meet to discuss tractor testing measures later this week, after weeks of little or...
February 5, 2018
There is still plenty of time for logical dialogue on ‘fast’ tractor testing measures, according to the president of the...
January 17, 2018
The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, has been commended for rolling back on tractor testing measures after...
November 23, 2017
Agricultural contractors have welcomed the roll back by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport on proposed tractor testing measures....
November 2, 2017
News that the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport will revisit proposed tractor testing measures has been described as a...
November 1, 2017
The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is set to roll back on ‘fast’ tractor testing measures following a stakeholder...
News emerged yesterday that ‘fast’ tractors with a maximum design speed of in excess of 40kph being used for “commercial...
October 19, 2017
‘Unworkable‘ legislation relating to the road-worthiness testing of tractors involved in commercial haulage needs to be rescinded. This is the...
October 18, 2017
It is feared that a 25km distance-from-base limit has now been enshrined in legislation, as a criterion for road-worthiness testing...
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