[AT] tractor wreck

[charlie hill]

Hi John,

Sorry to hear about your  friend.  I hope his condition improves soon.

I think you are correct about the problem.  I grew up on a farm and have 
been on and around tractors all my life and know how slow they are. 
However, I have personally run up on tractors on the highway and overtaken 
them much faster than I thought I would.  Even knowing the difference in 
speed it's still hard to adjust, hard to realize how fast you overtake them. 
In many places tractors just don't run out on the highway.  I can see some 
tired trucker making that error in judgement when he is just not used to 
that much speed differential.

My best to your friend.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:22 AM
Subject: [AT] tractor wreck


>A friend of mine got sideswiped by a tractor- trailer the other day on a 4 
>lane highway about a mile from my house. The road was straight and the 
>trucker would have been able to see him for over 3/4 mile. They never have 
>found one of the rear tires off the tractor---think it rolled off in a 
>briar patch/woods. Punctured lung, broke ribs, broken verterbrae in his 
>neck etc. He's in ICU and appears to be there for a while. The trip he was 
>taking took about an hour on his tractor--he was changing farms to mow hay. 
>I know it could happen anywhere at anytime but I somewhat believe this is 
>to blame on practically no agriculture left in our area and drivers just 
>not expecting to run up on something driving going 17mph. To those of you 
>who have to get out on the road with you tractors be careful.
>
> John Hall
>
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