It was with interest I took notice of what Hajime in Japan and Gonca in Turkey write about tractor-related accidents involving children.
In both countries, there is no age-limit for driving a tractor off-roads on farmlands. Yet, surprisingly, the number of agriucultural workers aged 15-19 is very low in Japan with mostly elderly farmers victims in agricultural accidents. In Turkey, children are evidently involved in severe tractor-related accidents with fatal outcome.
As highlighted in our article, https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21101295, since 2006 the current age-limit for driving a tractor off-road in Iceland is 15 years. I am curious to hear from more of your own experience of children driving tractors in your countries.
Regards,
Geir Gunnlaugsson
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.