[AT] tractor wreck

Mon Sep 25 05:42:33 PDT 2006

Hi Ed,

I must say that unfortunately not everyone in PA seems to care about the 
Amish buggies.   I was up there a few years ago in the Lancaster area.  We 
were on a small, locally owned tour bus taking an "Amish Country" tour.  The 
road was narrow, curvy and rough.  In front of us was a 10 wheel roll back 
type truck loaded with roof trusses hanging over both sides of the bed.  The 
truck had a loud Detroit diesel and was bellowing it's way up the road 
taking nearly the whole roadway.  We were close behind it when I saw a buggy 
with 2 teenage Amish children driving it coming the other way down the road. 
The truck didn't seem to pay the buggy any mind.  He didn't slow down or 
pull over.  There was no road shoulder to speak of.  Just a grade out ditch 
and a field beyond.   The horse started to spook.  She started throwing her 
head back and forth fighting the reins.  My heart just about stopped because 
I knew those kids no longer had control of the horse.  The truck just kept 
going.  The driver on the tour bus wasn't paying any mind either.  All of a 
sudden the horse lunged to the right and took out over the ditch and into 
the field.  The truck didn't stop to see if the kids were hurt.  The tour 
bus that was making it's living out of showing Amish people to folks like me 
didn't stop or even seem to notice what had happened.  I was horrified. 
That poor horse could just as easily have gone the other way, in front of 
the truck, and I wouldn't have to tell you this story because you would have 
seen it on CNN.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Stewart" <edstewart1 at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] tractor wreck

> 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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