Small victory

For now, us rural folk don't have to worry about sharpening pitchforks and heating up that tar bucket, or getting a CDL in order to drive our tractors down the road from field to field.
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Feds back off commercial licenses for farmers idea

By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/08/17/national/a001942D54.DTL#ixzz1VVe9MLYM

Federal highway officials have decided that farmers who operate tractors, combines and semitrailers can keep driving on rural roads without the same kind of regulations that apply to long-haul truckers.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced last week that it won't require farmers to get commercial driver's licenses after agriculture organizations and lawmakers from farm states flooded Washington with letters opposed to the idea.
It's a victory for farmers who argued that requiring them to carry commercial licenses would cost them time and money.
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It was just another illegitimate (Agenda 21) extension of federal power for no other reason than they thought they might get away with it...