3 yr old killed in tractor accident

[Coyote machine]

I say "neighbor" in a general sense....guy lives a couple of miles up the road from me and we've never met. For a number of reasons, I'm not going to pull into somebody's driveway and lecture them about safety. If it was someone I knew, I'd try talking to them about it.

Understood. Might sharing with this distant neighbor, in a non-confrontational manner, about this tragedy be worthwhile considering as part of being a 'good neighbor'?

BTW, like your list of corrections. These basic English language errors drive me nutz! A few come to mind to possibly add: since and sense, not the same. Irregardless, wrong, regardless, right.

 

[kebo]

I say "neighbor" in a general sense....guy lives a couple of miles up the road from me and we've never met. For a number of reasons, I'm not going to pull into somebody's driveway and lecture them about safety. If it was someone I knew, I'd try talking to them about it.

Print out a copy of that article and leave it in his newspaper box.

 

[daugen]

My guess is the guy is pretty traumatized by this whole tragedy; maybe waiting a little bit would help.

I am reminded of a saying I think credited to the Amish:
Advice not requested is often not appreciated

Hard to imagine that person ever again getting a child anywhere near a tractor.
What I'm hearing is a concern over ignorance. Ignorance sure wasn't bliss here...

 

[Coyote machine]

My guess is the guy is pretty traumatized by this whole tragedy; maybe waiting a little bit would help.

I am reminded of a saying I think credited to the Amish:
Advice not requested is often not appreciated

Hard to imagine that person ever again getting a child anywhere near a tractor.
What I'm hearing is a concern over ignorance. Ignorance sure wasn't bliss here...

No one is suggesting anything but for GManBart to give a hint to his local neighbor about a similar lack of child protection, as discussed in this thread.

 

[daugen]

No one is suggesting anything but for GManBart to give a hint to his local neighbor about a similar lack of child protection, as discussed in this thread.

sorry, I misunderstood, thought this was the person who lost their child. Should have read more closely.

 

[kevin37b]

We were working in Tolono last year and I covered every inch of north Calhoun street and the whole hood . About once a week I would see a guy mowing his large yard at MACH 2 . Very rough you could tell ! Always had a very young one his left knee . I tend to be opinionated and stopped the backhoe and asked why ? He said MOM was not home and he had to mow . Looked like an accident wth .

 

[k0ua]

Yes, extremely sad... prayers to the family. I never have a child on my tractor or even close by when working, but I have put a little one between my legs to operate the tractor for a few minutes as a teaching moment. I think if all of your attention is on teaching the small child and you are on flat ground going low and slow it is a good thing. If you are working and they are just along for the ride... a very bad idea as your attention is not in the right place. I for one.. believe that teaching the very young about tools and the right way to use them is better than them learning on their own later so I try to take advantage of teaching opportunities. Many kids grow up not knowing how to use tools and machines are either scared of them or end up learning and hurting themselves because they had to learn on their own. I hope I didn't just ruffle the safety police.

I think this is spot on..

 

[TripleR]

I think this is spot on..

Same here and all my grown kids are glad they learned.

 

[4570Man]

How did you guys learn? Did you wait to until you were 12 years old and jump on? I sure didn't. By the time I was 12 I was mowing the yard by myself and using the tractor by myself under supervision.

 

[TripleR]

How did you guys learn? Did you wait to until you were 12 years old and jump on? I sure didn't. By the time I was 12 I was mowing the yard by myself and using the tractor by myself under supervision.

My brothers and I were driving when we had to flip the seat back and stand on the pedals because our legs were too short and we needed all our weight to depress the clutch and brakes just like all the other farm kids in our area.