Tractor man’s 12mph police chase
I’m from Devon. we’re not all like this, honestly. Oh-arr.
A Devon farm worker evaded three police stinger spike traps as he drove his tractor in a 50-minute 12mph police pursuit involving a police helicopter.
Gareth Legge, of Rattery, near Totnes, was spotted by officers travelling without lights as he towed a trailer on the main A38 near Newton Abbot.
Stingers were used three times in a bid to puncture the tyres, but failed each time, Torbay Magistrates’ Court heard.
Legge admitted driving with excess alcohol and taking without consent.
Calls himself a Devonian and can’t handle his tractor? Aaaaah. He’s from Totnes. That explains everything. He’s obviously mislaid his copy of the Scrumpy Users Guide…… won’t you join me in a rousing chorus?
“When the moon shines on the cowshed
And we’re rolling in the hay
And the cows are up there grazing
And the milk is on the wayI am a cider drinker
I drink it all through the day
I am a cider drinker
It soothes all my troubles awayWell it’s cosy in the kitchen
With the smell of rabbit stew
And the breeze blows through the farmyard
We can smell that cowshit tooWhen the combine wheels stop turning
And a hard days work is done
There’s a pub just around the corner
It’s the place where you have your funThe Wurzels, ‘I am A Cider Drinker’
