French gendarmes rescue adventurous retiree鈥檚 tractor
Gendarmes near Tours (Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire) had an unusual job this week after being called to help a retiree who was pulling a caravan on the motorway...in a farming tractor.
A German retired man France with his tractor, pulling a caravan that he had been sleeping in every night with no previous issues. The tractor also had a push bike attached on a rack.
However, the man this week after accessing the A85 motorway, as his vehicle - a normal farming tractor, complete with huge back wheels and a canvas cabin cover - has a maximum speed of 30 kph: nowhere near the recommended motorway speed.
In a humorous Facebook post, the local gendarmerie wrote: 鈥淣othing surprises us anymore! We intervened late morning on the A85...a German retiree in the middle of exploring France, at the wheel of a more-than-surprising trailer.
鈥淨uickly realising that he was in a 鈥渉ostile鈥� environment, he found an exit, towards which the gendarmes rushed to escort him away.鈥�
The gendarmes then explained that the story ended happily, with the 鈥渁dventurous grandad able to continue his trip!鈥�.
