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21 year old young man making a left turn on the highway when a dump truck decides to pass him. I know this young man and his family well. He has grown up on a farm and has been around farm equipment all his life. He walked away from this accident with minor scrapes and burns. The impact throwed him from the tractor. He is soooo lucky to be alive today.
Hauling hay this past week and using my 4020, I had to drive from the field to the barn and back. Driving about 1/4 of a mile on the highway. Coming back there was 3 cars behind me. I hand signaled a left turn and 2 of the cars passed me. Not the first time this has happened.
Be safe out there people and always watch out for the other guy.

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Pretty sure anything with factory ROPS or cab had a seatbelt. Pretty sure less than .01% of drivers wear it.
AaronSEIA
 
Lucky young man, glad he's okay.
I've been there, done that. Lady came left 'o center and hit
me dang near head-on. I had a small backhoe and luckily I
had the front bucket in "just the right place", she didn't go
under it or come up over it - totaled the backhoe....
 
I"m pretty sure that"s a 4430. We have a 4430 and I don"t think it has a seat belt. I"ll check it tomorrow and let ya know.
 
Most if not all states require to reduce your speed to smv speed before passing. About the seat belt, Caterpillar says you can survive falling off a 60ft high wall if your seat belt is secured properly. manufactures put allot of effort into tractors safety..Thank God your friend is OK
 
I live on a double yellow line secondary highway. About 1/4 of the people will pass me with my left hand out and double line.

I think they believe that means pass me.
 
Believe it or not, many people driving these days do NOT know what hand signals are or what they mean. In similar situations, I pull to the right and let them pass before I make my turn. As previously stated, never assume others know your intentions.
 
I think the only hand signal most drivers understand is the one finger salute. I've had folks pass me when I had my arm out. TDF
 
(quoted from post at 17:48:49 06/16/13) Believe it or not, many people driving these days do NOT know what hand signals are or what they mean. In similar situations, [b:504ba50cb9]I pull to the right and let them pass before I make my turn. As previously stated, never assume others know your intentions.[/b:504ba50cb9]
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It's a wise man you are.
 
That happens all the time.Farmers don't do a very good job of signaling a turn.Most dump truck drivers are in a big hurry and this happens.The tractor driver should should have pulled off the right side of the road until the truck passed.
With a cab there's not much way of signaling the truck driver your going to turn.some tractors have turn signals,but there not universal and in different places and no one pays any attention to them.
 
I remember driving a 4430 about 7 miles down the road to the dealership to get it worked on... People would pass in all sorts of crazy and questionable ways. And I put my signal on and stopped to turn left into the dealership -- and people started to pass me immediately. I was incredulous. Thought I'd never get a chance to turn.

Same thing when taking my WD from one farm to another (8 mile drive), I have had people pass me on blind curves in double yellow lines and all sorts of stupid stuff. Thankfully I have a trail car when I move this tractor with flashers on, but even that can only do so much...

(quoted from post at 16:27:44 06/16/13) I"m pretty sure that"s a 4430. We have a 4430 and I don"t think it has a seat belt. I"ll check it tomorrow and let ya know.
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The 4430 I used to drive did have a seat belt.
 
(quoted from post at 14:30:08 06/16/13) That happens all the time.Farmers don't do a very good job of signaling a turn.Most dump truck drivers are in a big hurry and this happens.The tractor driver should should have pulled off the right side of the road until the truck passed.
With a cab there's not much way of signaling the truck driver your going to turn.some tractors have turn signals,but there not universal and in different places and no one pays any attention to them.
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No! The tractor driver had the right of way. The CDL possessing professional driver should have YIELDED to the tractor's right of way. Instead, the Professional Driver CAUSED an accident through his own negligence.
 
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(quoted from post at 14:30:08 06/16/13) That happens all the time.Farmers don't do a very good job of signaling a turn.Most dump truck drivers are in a big hurry and this happens.The tractor driver should should have pulled off the right side of the road until the truck passed.
With a cab there's not much way of signaling the truck driver your going to turn.some tractors have turn signals,but there not universal and in different places and no one pays any attention to them.
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[b:6db0e54bec]No! The tractor driver had the right of way. The CDL possessing professional driver should have YIELDED to the tractor's right of way. Instead, the Professional Driver CAUSED an accident through his own negligence.
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Yep, you're right. Question is, would you rather pull off and let him by or would you rather be upside down in a ditch hurt or maybe dead? I'll pull over every time.
 
Tractor dirver also had signals and if he would have started getting over and slowing down to make his turn the truck would have had a better chance of knowing he was gong to turn and it doesent hurt thetractor driver to look back giving some sort of indication he is going to turn
 
Saw a young girl pass the semi ahead of me in a right hand curve. She never knew a semi was coming at her. Had to sit there while they pryed her body out of her car. A little common sense would have told her she couldn't see around the curve.
 
Where do you people live(drive)that have roads with enough room to pull off to let people pass so you can turn??95 to 99% of all the roads we have to use DO NOT have anything but ditches on the right.
 
The overtaking vehicle always has the right of way over a vehicle making a left turn. Unless passing is otherwise prohibited. Ohio Revised Code. I deliver building materials professionally, before backing in or pulling into a driveway I make absolutely sure there is no overtaking traffic. It is too bad you feel intimidated by people with higher skill-sets than yours. Note; I am a professional driver since 1982. I have never been cited for an accident. Not far from here there was a 16yr old girl that was texting while driving she ran a stop sign and was killed by a cement truck. They hauled him away and impounded his truck. He was empty and legal. Maybe you should check out the quilting forum?
 
I had that once. I was on a paved road turning on to my dirt road. House is half mile down from the corner. Any way my tractor does have turn signals and I used them. I slowed for the turn and this guy a car whips around me. Good thing I was watching so I could stop. He gave me the salute and kept going. If I didn't pay attention, I be laid out like the picture.
 
...... I pull to the right and let them pass before I make my turn. .......
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t must be nice to live in an area where you have wide enough roads to do that. Around here the country roads are 2 narrow lanes with no shoulder and deep ditches.
 
I think it has to be looked at on an individual basis to determine who's at fault. I've always heard you should never pass at an intersection and that looks like a pretty major intersection. You can't say it's the tractor drivers fault without knowing any details. If he had a turn signal on, he's not at fault. The SMV sign is supposed to be a warning for approaching drivers to use caution. Would need to know all the facts in order to determine fault and yes there are some "professional" drivers who shouldn't have a license.
 
Glad to hear the young man is OK.

Speaking my two cents worth. It is amazing to me the head-on collisions and near misses that occur in front of my house. The highway, Highway 75, KS, is clearly marked as a NO PASSING zone because of the intersection. People do not pay attention to the signs and endanger their lives and others. Most of the "professional" drivers are very good at paying attention and have done their best to avoid collisions. But no one can say that about all of the professional drivers. Especially me since I had a "professional driver" in an 18 wheeler try to pass me in a NO PASSING zone on a hill just a few miles from my place.

It is my personal opinion that too many people have become to inconsiderate of others, too locked into their "the-world-revolves-around-me" mentality and when that happens out on the road people get hurt or killed.

LW
 
(quoted from post at 18:15:08 06/16/13) The overtaking vehicle always has the right of way over a vehicle making a left turn. Unless passing is otherwise prohibited. Ohio Revised Code.
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I have looked at ORC 4511.27-30 and don't see where you've come up with that idea about the passing vehicle having the right of way over the vehicle making a left when going in the same direction. From the looks of the accident scene to me they were both traveling in the same direction and your post makes no sense to me. Could you elaborate? I was a State Trooper for over 20 years and pent the last 6 or 7 as a DOT Inspector. I have the highest regard for professional drivers, but holding a CDL does not not male you infallible.
 
Bob, WHERE did you come up with that ruling?Like Brett said and Ray said,the overtaking or back car has to yield to the car in that lane and it is illegal to pass within so many feet of an intersection.The rear car is charged with assured clear distance or failure to control.
 
(quoted from post at 18:15:08 06/16/13) The overtaking vehicle always has the right of way over a vehicle making a left turn. Unless passing is otherwise prohibited. Ohio Revised Code. I deliver building materials professionally, before backing in or pulling into a driveway I make absolutely sure there is no overtaking traffic. It is too bad you feel intimidated by people with higher skill-sets than yours. Note; I am a professional driver since 1982. I have never been cited for an accident. Not far from here there was a 16yr old girl that was texting while driving she ran a stop sign and was killed by a cement truck. They hauled him away and impounded his truck. He was empty and legal. Maybe you should check out the quilting forum?
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Bob, That defies common sense. If it were true overtaking drivers would be increasing speed to get by left turning divers, and the increase in carnage would be astronomical.
 
(quoted from post at 07:15:18 06/17/13)
(quoted from post at 18:15:08 06/16/13) The overtaking vehicle always has the right of way over a vehicle making a left turn. Unless passing is otherwise prohibited. Ohio Revised Code.
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I have looked at ORC 4511.27-30 and don't see where you've come up with that idea about the passing vehicle having the right of way over the vehicle making a left when going in the same direction. From the looks of the accident scene to me they were both traveling in the same direction and your post makes no sense to me. Could you elaborate? I was a State Trooper for over 20 years and pent the last 6 or 7 as a DOT Inspector. I have the highest regard for professional drivers, but holding a CDL does not not male you infallible.
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Bret
I think Back Forty Bob is smoking some of that wacky tobaccy :lol:
 
Sad part of today is that people don't understand hand signals or lights used for turn signals. More so they hate farm machinery and school buses on the roads we drive on.

We can't anticipate others to understand our actions, I think this is the worse mistake any of us can make. So by taking every precaution we can is our only defense. What may seem like extreme precaution may save our life some day.

Glad to hear no one sustained life threatening injuries from this accident.
 
A left turning vehicle must yield to ON-COMING traffic. READ the whole post before you post such utterly wrong mis-information.

If you made absolutely sure there was no overtaking traffic, you"d never turn. Some people may pass you but lots wouldn"t, and you"d sit there forever until the cops showed up to give you a lecture and ticket.
 
(quoted from post at 13:29:56 06/16/13) Most if not all states require to reduce your speed to smv speed before passing.
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99%+ of the driving public is either completely ignorant of the law, or just doesn't care.

All that law does, is allow the cop to ticket the driver AFTER the accident! Fat lot of good that did the kid who got hit by a dump truck, and his tractor.
 
You are so right John B.
Last year I was returning to the farm after raking hay. Two cars behind me with a hill ahead. I signaled with my left hand that I was going to make a left hand turn (arm straight out). The idiot behind me thought I was signaling him he could go around me and passed just as I started my turn. Luckily I saw him out the corner of my eye and jerked back and stopped. Of course, as he passed he looked at me as though I was crazy. The second car, which was behind him, (an elderly man)stopped. When I looked back at him, he was just shaking his head. He knew what the signal meant but the idiot who passed didn't. I guess if I had hit him he would have learned what hand signals mean, since there was a witness. When us old-timers started driving, most cars didn't have turn signals so turns or stops were signaled with your left hand.
As John said, just be careful and expect the unexpected.

Dick
 
Maybe this is the wrong thing to do, but if I am on
a two lane road and there is no oncoming traffic I
always hog the whole road right before I turn just
to be sure nobody tries to pass me. It probably
pisses a lot of people off, but its better than
their car being jammed into the side of my tractor.
 
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