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Wednesday Special
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authority to get tough on farmers
in regards to safe working
conditionsat is better for farmers
to clean up their own act, he said,
than to have the government
impose restrictions. He spoke of
such things as roll-over
protections for farm tractors to be
used with seat belts. Corp.Wilson
interjected to say this sounded
I like a good idea since the loci)
O.P.P. Detachments deal with ,
four or five roll-overs a year and
they can be deadly.
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The importance of proper care
in driving farm, vehicles on public
roadways was stressed Friday
night when the Huron County
Farm Safety Association h eld a
meeting, banquet and dance at
the White Carnation at
Holmesville.
Guest speaker following the
dinner was Corp. R.W.WiIson,
Community Services Officer for
the Ontario Provincial Police in
Huron County. Corp. Wilson
conducted a quiz of 29 questions
based on regulation covering
farm vehicles as contained in the
Highway Traffic Act. He stressed
that the laws apply to all public
roads, not just provincial
highways.
Among the topics he discussed
in a free-wheeling conversation
with* members of the audience
was the problem of farm vehicles
which are too wide for legal travel
on the road. He said he
sympathized with the problems of
farmers and that action should be
taken at the manufacturing level
to make equipment which meets
legal limits, but it is the job of the
police to enforce the law, not try
to change it, he said. He pointed
out that the legal width limit of
102 inches is often exceeded even
by tractors with dual wheels, let
along huge cultivators and corn
joanters which can be 18 feet
wide or more.
The legal length of vehicles, he
said, is 65 feet and that can be
made up of any number of
vehicles such as farm wagons.
The wagons must, however, have
a chain guard or similar separate
means of attachment in case the
`main attachment breaks. Loads
over 20 feet long must also have
the proper lights or reflectors
mounted on the sides of the load.
Corp. Wilson also pointed out
the requirements for proper
placing of slow moving vehicle
signs on,farm vehicles as being in
the centre of the mass, base
down.
After the lengthy presentation
which was kept lively with
examples of Corp. Wilson's
humour, banquet convenor Don
Young of Auburn impressed upon
the audience the purpose of the
organization to try to improve
safety on the farm. H e said the
Employees Health and Safety Act
gives the provincial government.
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