[AT] Re: AT Digest, Vol 21, Issue 2

[Chris Britton]

Yes.. and i agree with you.  i think the tractor operator made a foolish 
judgement call about toting a load of kids at night on a highway.. 
However.. i think the truck driver is the one that should bare 
99.9999999999% of the blame.. if he was DUI.

As for a tractor at night with lamps and signs.. I would thiat is more 
'normal'.  i live in a slightly rural community, and at least once a week 
find myself behind a tractor  coming/ going to work.  I also drive my 
tractor down the road.. including a short piece of a 5 lane, coming / going 
to my field to mow.  Though i try to plan my mowing early.. It does happen 
every now and then that I am driving back at dusk.. or in 'dark' driving 
rain.

I have OEM headlamps, and flashers on my tractor plus a 'high' mounted SMV 
plaque.. and my brushhog has 2 SMV plaques mounted on it.. one at each edge 
to show drivers where the edges of the mower are.. etc.

I figure if they can't see that.. they should not be driving anyway..

Soundguy

>From: "Dudley Rupert" <drupert at premier1.net>
>Subject: RE: [AT] re : hayride / accidents
>It seems to me that this accident - like probably many if not most - can be
>viewed from several different angles.  I am just curious if those of you 
>who
>are inclined to unload on the tractor driver would feel any differently if
>say the tractor were pulling a wagon loaded with corn rather than with 
>kids?
>When in farming country I would think that a tractor is not an unexpected
>object to be encountered on public roads and further that if it is lit up
>with lots of lights then it wouldn't be abnormal to expect to encounter one
>on the road at night