Can I be the only one who gets fed up with being caught in huge tailbacks caused by tractor drivers?

Time and time again throughout the year you can be caught in queues with up to 25 vehicles (yes, I have counted them), trundling along between 20 and 35 miles an hour.

Last Tuesday at about noon, I was in 12th place behind a tractor and trailer going up Sutton Bank. Never mind we thought, he will probably turn off at the top. No fear. He carried on all the way to Helmsley ignoring countless number of safe places to pull over. There was too much oncoming traffic to make any attempt at safe overtaking.

I did ask a farmer once why it is they rarely pulled over. He just said he had a business to run.

By law, you are supposed to pull over if you have more than three or four vehicles behind. Failing to comply could result in prosecution. Even though it is mandatory, you very rarely see the police take any notice either.

With the large amount of stress caused and time lost by busy motorists, lorries, surely the police and farmers should sought themselves out and deal with the problem instead of ignoring it.

P Williams, Helmsley