Should I involve the police?

[Gooseberrybushes]

I was driving along a country road the other day and a tractor drove out from a side gate and hit my car. Thankfully my 3 year old was in his car seat and only has minor injuries. The tractor was driven by a 12 year old, so it isn't insured. I don't know whether to involve the police because her r grandparents assure me that she is very responsible and it would be really bad trouble for her as she's the age of crminal responsibility. Apparenlty she was only crossing the road to get from the farmhouse to the silage field(they said she carry on doing it because it's normal practice in farming families )

Am I being unreasonable to be a bit cross about this, and to want compensation for my written off car? They have persuaded me not to involve the police, as apparently even though it is technically illegal it is really ok to let her drive. Even if I called the police I wouldn't get any insurance money because she wasn't insured.

Whats with all the tractor threads?

Usual - this thread was started by Gooseberrybushes because of the responses on "my" thread telling me I was a control freak nasty ex who was going Islington and wrapping my kids in cotton wool and not empowering my daughter because I didn't want her driving a tractor illegally, underage and uninsured.

Oh

Spiffing little experiment, what?

Who feels better now? Anyone?

Pffffffffffffffft.

Actually, BornInAfrica, FWIW I do.

The other thread is here if anyone cba would like to take a look

doh! I did not read the original thread...

Sorry, am incoherent tonight, and mixing posters up and confusing things.....

"bad form"

pink, those posters who have given you a hard time on the other thread probably have not read the back story. personally, driving a tractor(no trailer) on level private landwould generally be ok with proper supervision.(but not really that knowledgable) however, me thinks this would not be the case with ex/exmil.

they are planning on letting her drive on the road?

Blackeyedsusan - she isn't supervised. It's illegal. And yes, DS was driving on the road by the age of 13/14.

farming families do let their children drive farm vehicles whilst doing farming work , and it's completely normal - and on private land that is allowed. BUT they should not be crossing or driving on public roads.

Theinet - on private land or not it is illegal for a child under the age of 13 in the UK to be on a tractor, as passenger or driver

you see I told you i knew nothing. that makes it worse...

pink, i assumed from previous history she wasn't being supervised..

Basically, someone else puts the trailer on, parks the whole yoke in the yard and she's sent to cart. That's it. And as I said on the other thread, very very soon it will be just across that road and up a bit and onto the other lane, then it will be the half a mile round the road to the other fields. Then further. Been there done that got the t-shirt with DS.