[AT] tractor wreck
Ed Stewart
edstewart1 at verizon.net
Mon Sep 25 08:17:51 PDT 2006
Well Charlie, it seems to me that there are a lot of ignorant people in
Pennsylvania. Their are a fairly large number of Amish family around
here. 30 or so years ago they seemed unfriendly to outsiders , but now
they are a nice lot of people, I have several that I have got to know
and they are a-ok in my book. They are excellent farmers. The young
couple that got hit 2 nights ago were visable for several hundred yards
to the rear on one of the local backroads that 35 mph is more than fast
enough to drive on. The man and his wife are in critical condition in
the Altoona. Pa hospital where they were life flighted to and their baby
didn't make it. So the driver who hit them has that to live with. I
can't seem to go anywhere anymore without someone 20 feet behind me
trying to push and I try to stay at the speed limit. there can be a
bunch of snow on the road or raining like hell and they still pass even
in no passing zones. Farmers here tend to bite the brush to get over so
others can pass but as Captneb just said(I am a slow typer) they have
their golf clubs in the back and don't care about their food or Milk... Ed
charlie hill wrote:
> 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"
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> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 6:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] tractor wreck
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>
>> 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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