Posted by JML755 on September 12, 2016 at 10:33:13 from (97.78.165.130):
Was driving on a 2 lane paved road near my property over the weekend and saw a JD tractor coming at me. Not an unusual site in a rural area. He wasn't pulling anything but I always slow down and hug the right shoulder anyway for tractors. About 100 yds away, he crossed the centerline making a wide right turn like we was turning into a driveway or road. Only there was no road or driveway there. When the front tires were near the shoulder, he swerved back into the roadway. :?: :?:
As I went by him, I saw the reason. He had a kid about 8 yrs old half-standing, half-leaning against his right knee steering (the guy's arm was around him barely touching the steering wheel). He had a toddler on his left knee (holding him with his left arm). :shock: A disaster waiting to happen. There was no way he was in control of that tractor, ON A PAVED ROAD NO LESS. If the toddler slipped, fell or just decided to get off, he would have been under that left rear tire in a split second and nothing the guy could do to prevent it. I hear guys on here talking about teaching kids to drive a tractor at a young age but this was not a good way to do it. Just a reinforcing post that people are still doing dangerous things out there.
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