[AT] tractor wreck

[Ed Stewart]

Capyneb, I have to agree with you.. I grew up on a farm and worked on a 
big dairy farm here in PA. I drove equipment all over the place between 
farms and fields. In the 80's and 90's I ran a truck leased to a big 
highway construction company I spent several years working on Interstate 
80 across PA. Every accident I ever saw  while there was the fault of 
people driving way to fast usually well beyond the posted speed limit 
being unable to stop. Now a cop sits in construction zones and the fine 
is quadrupled in you get caught.  Just last evening a Amish family in a 
buggy was hit in the rear on a secondary road near here, it had a slow 
vehicle placard and two large flashing red lights on the backend.. The 
whole family was life flighted. I would not want to be in the shoes Of 
the driver who rear ended them. In PA you must have your vehicle under 
your control at all times and be able to stop before hitting anything. 
If you do hit someone you are 100% liable for the accident, no if ands 
or buts. The area here is very hilly and you must use caution when going 
over a knob because there can be anything just out of your sight. I 
myself have not had a problem with this in my 45 years of driving. If 
people are in that big of hurry, they should have left yesterday.

captneb wrote:
> Most of the complaining about slow farm traffic around here comes from urban
> half wits going no where in a big hurry.  I give as much latitude as
> possible to the folks making food and earning a living.  Rarely is anything
> I'm doing or anywhere I'm going more important than what they're doing,
> especially at this time of the year.  The law of right of way should be "At
> harvest the farmer rules the road."  And that's the way I operate.  It's not
> that tough and they need all the help we can give them.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <DAVIESW739 at aol.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 11:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] tractor wreck
>
>
>   
>> I drive my tractors on the back roads around here a lot of the time. I
>> always try to be nice to the cars but I also keep about half of the
>>     
> tractor on  the
>   
>> road so as to make them slow up and pass when safe. I know some people
>>     
> think
>   
>> its road hogging but think of it as my life that is an danger of some
>>     
> Idiot
>   
>> who  thinks he owns the road. I try not to drive on the main roads but
>>     
> there
>   
>> are two  here that I have to drive on at times. I do look for pull out and
>>     
> use
>   
>> them to  let the traffic pass safely but Oregon doesn't like to build much
>>     
> road
>   
>> beyond  the pavement.
>> Walt Davies
>>
>> Ok I took the bull by the horns for Robert Gee when he was in the hospital
>> so lets get someone else to take this one. If I get the name of the man
>>     
> and
>   
>> hospital I will send him a Teddy bear.
>>
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