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Are the General public completely oblivious to the dangers of large farm machinery?
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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 7672005" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>People in general now live very very 'safe' lives. As such a lot of us have definitely lost our sense of self-preservation or ability to detect what constitutes risk. It is an odds-on bet that virtually everyone on this forum has damaged a piece of machinery or seen, first or second hand, what speed and weight can do, be it to a gate-post, a machine, a car or a limb. In particular you have a lot more people in the UK venturing into the countryside the last 18 months or so. People who just don't understand that machinery goes backwards as well as forwards, and why should they? They wouldn't venture into a quarry for a walk so would have no clue what all the loud noises do, out on farmland is similarly alien. Out on the road I do think a lot of people are mesmerised by machinery or else they are too focused on their speedometer these days which is an unfortunate side-effect of speed cameras.</p><p></p><p>I do think that when on the road in machinery we have a lot more responsibility and also control of the situation and traffic around us than we might realise. The position of your vehicle, your escorts and so forth can put you in a commanding position of the road and help govern overall safety. Where this falls down is when people act in a way that they would not ordinarily do for any other road going vehicle and decide to overtake or pass in a way they would never do in normal traffic.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 7672005, member: 54866"] People in general now live very very 'safe' lives. As such a lot of us have definitely lost our sense of self-preservation or ability to detect what constitutes risk. It is an odds-on bet that virtually everyone on this forum has damaged a piece of machinery or seen, first or second hand, what speed and weight can do, be it to a gate-post, a machine, a car or a limb. In particular you have a lot more people in the UK venturing into the countryside the last 18 months or so. People who just don't understand that machinery goes backwards as well as forwards, and why should they? They wouldn't venture into a quarry for a walk so would have no clue what all the loud noises do, out on farmland is similarly alien. Out on the road I do think a lot of people are mesmerised by machinery or else they are too focused on their speedometer these days which is an unfortunate side-effect of speed cameras. I do think that when on the road in machinery we have a lot more responsibility and also control of the situation and traffic around us than we might realise. The position of your vehicle, your escorts and so forth can put you in a commanding position of the road and help govern overall safety. Where this falls down is when people act in a way that they would not ordinarily do for any other road going vehicle and decide to overtake or pass in a way they would never do in normal traffic. [/QUOTE]
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