Sorry to those who have had difficulties in opening the link to the article „Child Fatalities in Tractor-Related Accidents in Rural Iceland, 1918–2024: A Historical Analysis. The correct link is: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21101295
In the article we call attention to arguments against minimum age requirements for off-road driving in Iceland. Those included the need for child labour, children’s superior driving skills, and the denial that children were more often victims than adults. Of interest is that in some settings there is still no miniumum age for driving a tractor, particularly if you work on your family farm. What is the situation in your country? What is the minimum age for driving a tractor in your area? Should any child, irrespective of age, be allowed to drive tractor or other off-road utility vehicles?
Regards,
Geir Gunnlaugsson, MD, PhD, MPH
Emeritus Professor in Global Health
CHIFA profile: Geir Gunnlaugsson is Professor of Global Health at the University of Iceland. He graduated with a medical diploma (MD) from this university with post-graduate training in paediatrics (PhD) and public health (MPH) at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Research and publications on, e.g., breastfeeding, infant and child mortality, child development and abuse, measles, cholera, and health systems in Iceland, Guinea-Bissau and Malawi. He was the General Secretary of ISSOP International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health in 2009-2017, and currently chairman of Africa 20:20 an Icelandic NGO to promote interest and knowledge on sub-Saharan Africa.
