Agricultural Machinery: Roads
(asked on 27th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what advice they are giving to farmers to reduce the number of incidents of mud getting onto the roads.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 8th November 2016
Vehicle operators, contractors and farmers who deposit mud on the road are potentially liable for a range of offences as set out in the Highways Act 1980 (as amended) and the Road Traffic Act 1988.
Whilst the Department for Transport does not provide specific advice to farmers, the National Farmers Union provides advice in respect to mud on the road to their members through their website.