Neighbor Tractor Accident

/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #121  
3-6 seconds of delay there as I recall.

Aaron Z

Not quite that long, but good to keep in mind...... it is counterintuitive, but the first thing you need to get a solid mental lock on is that this large heavy vehicle you are about to be licensed to drive has a SLOWER braking response than the hyd brakes you've driven all your life....

Rgds, D.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #122  
My Dad got caught between two semis in his Ford 67 Custom 500. Three lane one direction, him in the middle, two semis on each side when one thinks of going into the centre lane.

Combat between a semi and a car is extremely one-sided. :(

Hope the '67 survived!!!!
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #123  
I frequently adjust my speed to stay away from trucks. I'm just cruising. He's working.

Considerate, and smart.

I stay away from large trucks for the same reason I never picked fights with guys that were 6' 8" 350#; they've got Right of Weight.

Rgds, D.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #124  
Considerate, and smart.

I stay away from large trucks for the same reason I never picked fights with guys that were 6' 8" 350#; they've got Right of Weight.

Rgds, D.

Good one!!!! If you don't mind I'll use that in future conversations concerning heavy trucks vs cars. :D
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #125  
Good one!!!! If you don't mind I'll use that in future conversations concerning heavy trucks vs cars. :D

Feel free, as that is one visual that people finally seem to get :laughing:

Rgds, D.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #126  
Considerate, and smart.

I stay away from large trucks for the same reason I never picked fights with guys that were 6' 8" 350#; they've got Right of Weight.

Rgds, D.

I thought that you wouldn't pick any fight, because you're a polite Canadian!
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #127  
In my area dump truck drivers are the worse. They tailgate something awful, weave in and out as bad as the worse car drivers. Semi drivers not that bad here.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #129  
In my area dump truck drivers are the worse. They tailgate something awful, weave in and out as bad as the worse car drivers. Semi drivers not that bad here.

Dump truck drivers seem better on the wide-open roads around here, with one exception..... but, they tend to blow through fresh red-lights at intersections more so than the TT guys around here...

Some of the most irresponsible driving I've seen is from gravel haulers (transport dumps) near Toronto. Paid by the load, they'd often be doing 90mph hauling dual trailers empty, going back to the pit. Rear trailer barely staying on the road....

Rgds, D.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #130  
It sounds like other places are plagued by lousy dump truck drivers too...The worst I've encountered is on I-4 between Tampa and Orlando...all the limestone and phosphate haulers...they are a menace...
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #131  
We have a pit near here. All day, semis and truck/trailer combos head to Toronto with Gravel. 100 miles there and back again. What a job!
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident
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#133  
Jerry, the tractor driver at the start of this thread, was a Navy member of an Underwater Demolition Team for the Okinawa invasion near the end of WWII. He and buddies found shelter at nights in caves with burned out Japanese soldiers (flame thrower primary weapon then on caves) plus bodies of dead soldiers from both sides. Now 73 years later he has nightmares of those bodies - something our brains dig out of the crevasses in old age. So Jerry is going to weekly group head shrinks for his PTSD. Will this new crash wipe out the old memories of those dead filled caves?
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #134  
Jerry, the tractor driver at the start of this thread, was a Navy member of an Underwater Demolition Team for the Okinawa invasion near the end of WWII. He and buddies found shelter at nights in caves with burned out Japanese soldiers (flame thrower primary weapon then on caves) plus bodies of dead soldiers from both sides. Now 73 years later he has nightmares of those bodies - something our brains dig out of the crevasses in old age. So Jerry is going to weekly group head shrinks for his PTSD. Will this new crash wipe out the old memories of those dead filled caves?

My father saw things in the south pacific in WWII that he said were still there in his 70's when he passed away. Hopefully talking about it in therapy will help him out. If not, he should talk to his DR about it.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #135  
Jerry, the tractor driver at the start of this thread, was a Navy member of an Underwater Demolition Team for the Okinawa invasion near the end of WWII. He and buddies found shelter at nights in caves with burned out Japanese soldiers (flame thrower primary weapon then on caves) plus bodies of dead soldiers from both sides. Now 73 years later he has nightmares of those bodies - something our brains dig out of the crevasses in old age. So Jerry is going to weekly group head shrinks for his PTSD. Will this new crash wipe out the old memories of those dead filled caves?

A lot can be learned from studying history, including perspective on the "problems" we face today.

I hope the therapy helps your friend.

Rgds, D.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #136  
No therapy will remove memories. No therapy will make them tolerable. These solutions are inside the person. This is how we got the term PTSD. It defines those that cannot control the irreversible memories. I use the "roll top desk" method. My life is stored in a roll top desk. I can open the desk and select whichever small drawer that I want. My hard times are stored in those drawers. I can open the drawer and review the contents until it becomes disturbing, then I close the drawer, to be reviewed at a later time when I can control it. The contents of these drawers never go away. They are simply properly stored and secured. Each drawer is labeled so there's no surprise. That's a key element. No surprise. My desk has many drawers. They contribute to who I am rather than take away from that person.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #137  
I knew a WWII Vet who out of curiosity opened up a burned out Tank. He could never get himself to eat BBQ for the rest of his life.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #138  
We normally drive about 5 miles of unstriped county roads when going to town. I taught my kids by example to dive for a wide place if they see farm equipment coming down the road in front of them. When we come up on slow moving equipment we lag back about 1/8 of a mile so the operator knows we are not pushing them to get out of the way. Meeting a school bus I try to get very slow or even stop especially where is it just a strip of pavement between two deep ditches. We had a driver a few years ago get too close to the edge in a case like this and she layed the bus on its side but no one was hurt in the low speed accident.

The kids know farm equipment works in the fields and it is our place to assist them to get to the next field ASAP.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #139  
I knew a WWII Vet who out of curiosity opened up a burned out Tank. He could never get himself to eat BBQ for the rest of his life.

I have some cooked off rounds I got out of an Iraqi tank during Desert Storm. Kept them to remind me of the destruction.
 
/ Neighbor Tractor Accident #140  
No therapy will remove memories. No therapy will make them tolerable. These solutions are inside the person. This is how we got the term PTSD. It defines those that cannot control the irreversible memories. I use the "roll top desk" method. My life is stored in a roll top desk. I can open the desk and select whichever small drawer that I want. My hard times are stored in those drawers. I can open the drawer and review the contents until it becomes disturbing, then I close the drawer, to be reviewed at a later time when I can control it. The contents of these drawers never go away. They are simply properly stored and secured. Each drawer is labeled so there's no surprise. That's a key element. No surprise. My desk has many drawers. They contribute to who I am rather than take away from that person.

That's a compelling analogy. I like the visual imagery of organized drawers, but esp. the double layer of security with the roll-top. A lot of relevant thought went into that construct.

For the severity of life-events we are talking about, a reliable management technique is the best you can realistically hope for.

Rgds, D.
 

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