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Re: Tractors on the highway
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Posted by G Taylor on April 29, 2002 at 23:16:31 from (64.10.143.142):
In Reply to: Tractors on the highway posted by Hal/WA on April 28, 2002 at 18:28:04:
Only limited access highways which ban farm machinery have 60,65 or 70 mph limits. The common two or fourlane highway is usually posted at 50 or 55mph. Not blaming the farmer of trucker here but likely both contributed. Odds are the tractor did not have a mast mounted strobe or roto-beacon light. The flashing fender lights if not covered with mud, manure or broken off could not be seen over the hay.Many wagon mounted slow moving vehicle signs are faded nearly white. Around here we don't drive on the pavement if traffic is approaching from behind unless over width. The faded hay rack & hay may have been similar to the colour of the road as well. Combined with a couple of small hills & looking over the horizon large objects can disappear. A buddy of mine at work drove into a stationary railroad car which was momentarily parked. Accident investigator said if he had been wearing the seatbelt it wouldn't have been fatal. We didn't understand how it could have happened until the scene was recreated a couple of days later with identical weather/light. The trucker may have had his attention diverted by the radio,phone,coffee,food or reading maps. Or just plain tired/dazed driving too many hours trying to make a living. Was it night,dawn/dusk with glare from the sun?
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