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Farm equipment still has to be driven with <6" of clearance on either side so it doesn't drive onto produce rows. Semi trucks aren't passing people going 70 mp
by hwillis 9y ago
Farm equipment still has to be driven with <6" of clearance on either side so it doesn't drive onto produce rows. Semi trucks aren't passing people going 70 mph faster than they are, and vehicles to the side and rear won't be going at a bigger speed difference than 15 mph. You only have to worry about things coming at you at 70 mph from the front.
- prklmn 9y agoIt's still an absurd comparison. I'd venture to guess that the average combine is driven in a straight line at a set speed at least 95% of the time it's being used.
- bluGill 9y agoThe worry for combine drivers is that last 1% of the time when they have to get that big machine (with wheels on it takes a lane and a half). Then running at 15mph they have to get from field to field. There is a big problem with other drivers (cars) seeing it from well back and not realizing it is going slow until it is too late and they rear-end it. Or they realize it is going slow in time, but because it is slow they decide to pass on a blind corner (or perhaps pass just as the combine passes a mailbox and so it cannot move over). Yes rural roads do not have a lot of traffic, but they are not empty.