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> Could that be because for these machines, the pedestrian deaths are usually members of the tractor drivers' family I have a different guess after seeing tra
by Swizec 3y ago
> Could that be because for these machines, the pedestrian deaths are usually members of the tractor drivers' family
I have a different guess after seeing tractors in use as a kid: Driving tractors is a high precision affair. You're moving around expensive equipment that you don't want to bump. You're plowing next to all sorts of hazards you don't want to fall into. You have to park within an inch of attachments before hooking them on.
Good sight lines help with all this.
- riversflow 3y agoAlso, tractors are built to do work, not keep their occupants safe in a crash.
- trgn 3y ago> not keep their occupants safe in a crash. perfect expression of the tragedy of the commons. Until there's top down government intervention, people choose to be either part of the problem or part of the solution.
- NikkiA 3y agoNot totally true, tractors gained roll bars and roll cages 40 or so years ago for a reason, and it was safety.
- alan-hn 3y agoOne could say that navigating a large vehicle through streets populated by humans should be considered a high precision affair, or is the difference expensive equipment vs human lives?
- Swizec 3y ago> is the difference expensive equipment vs human lives? The difference is in safety margins. You really shouldn't drive a vehicle to within 2cm of any object on public streets. Not even while parking. 0.5m (2ft) is about the closest you should ever drive your car to anything really. Whereas for a tractor getting within 2cm is normal operating procedure. You won't be able to grab a 500kg (1100lb) attachment and drag it over to your tractor because you stopped too far away.
- u32480932048 3y ago> Not even while parking. 0.5m (2ft) is about the closest you should ever drive your car to anything really. I've lived in several US states and the law has always been to park less than a foot from the curb.
- CRConrad 3y ago> > drive > park Do those look like the same word to you? They look like different words to me.
- axus 3y agoI try not to get within 6 feet of a human in my car, let alone 6 inches.
- alan-hn 3y agoIt can be difficult to manage when you can't see them over your hood
- 48864w6ui 3y agoIt looks like sloped noses are about a decade old and are sold as hi vis for work. Given the obvious advantages, something must have changed for them to be so new? Now that ag tractors have slope noses, might Chelsea tractors eventually copy the look?