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by Ron' 'asskink
Farmos may not know it,:but
they're risking their famis'and
livelihood when they allow kids,
under the age of 16 to. operate " ways is turning accidents, where
farm machinery along sideroads a tractor pulling equipment
and highway. turns across the roadway in
The risk is real in cases of front of traffic thatis following,
accidents involving injury andresulting in area impact.
death should :a motorist collide The issue is lighting, or lack
with farm equipment under. the ' thereof. Burgess says farm
control of underage drivers. .equipment operators are
Ignorance of the Highway, required to indicate if they are
Traffic Act is no excuse, says 'turning, but lack of directional
Constable
.A Andy Burgessofof the lights on equipxne t, such h as.
Kincardine OPP, wagons, means tractor dri-
Burgess, • who • is also vers take their chances when
involved with the Bruce County making turns.
Farm Safety Association, says An issuethat is presentlY
farmers risk losing their farms being redefined is wide loads.
in civil lawsuits where an. It'sa common site during the
underage tractor. driver is fall harvest to see tractors dri-
involved in a fatal accident. • ving along highways pulling
Persons as young as 14 are upwards of four to five grain
allowed to drive farm equip- wagons. The : danger, says.
'meet across a road to get from Burgess, is tractors don't have
one farm to another. Butto the braking ability in case of
drive a tractor, . combine or emergency.
big risk when
erate equipment
OPP investigate.
-Burgess says the Juost com
;mon accident involving vehicles
and fern equipment on, road
swather on a roadway, the dri,- For motorists, the difficulty
ver h'as to• be at least 16. in dealing with farm machinery
However, they don't need to be is . one of:depth perception.
a licensed driver.
Drivers often can't.tell how big
When •there. is : an accident a piece of equipment is.
involving farm equipment, the Burgess recalls a case where
a motorist collided with a tree-
tor.pulling a grain auger on
Highway 4, north of Winghain.
The tractor wasp .turning when.
the collision occurredThe
motorist was killed after strike
ingTthe auger. ,
Burgess 'blames .the inability
to see vehicles" especially long,
bulky 'vehicles that absorb light.
The biggest cause of farm
related accidents is tint -fes
erss in a rush are accidents wait-
ing
to happen.
Burgess also points to over,
° extending: the operational limits
of farm equipment, such as
operating on grades and hills, as`
another reason accidents hap-
pen, There have been several
accidents, ---tractor roll overs—
where farmers worked too close
to the edgeof a stream bank or
ditch, or have driven too close
along the, edge of a°roadway.'
i?oodIa id Ontario
Quick Fact
Ontario . growers produced 5.2
trillion pounds of bunching
onions valued at $3.5 million
and ^ 108 million pounds of
cooking and dry onions worth
$11.? milhdn,tn 1994.
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