Slow-moving farm equipment without headlights causes hazard, Johnson County MO
TrafficA slow-moving tractor and large farm equipment were traveling on a dark highway without headlights, creating a dangerous traffic situation. Other drivers had difficulty seeing the equipment, increasing the risk of accidents.
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Yeah, this fellow just mowed my field,
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and I'm escorting him home in the dark because he doesn't have any lights on his tractor, but the field looks all mowed and pretty soon are going to be burning it.
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Okay, well hopefully you got more of a, I'm sure you'd be more of an escort than, uh,
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I was just past the guy here on 58 a bit ago that had a big,
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big piece of equipment behind him, so it was way over width.
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And on him with a pickup truck that had just his four ways on.
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No headlights.
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and a trail of cars behind them and I was coming to them, so it was hard to see the thing popping up into my lane.
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Yeah,
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I bet. There's been a lot of combines I've seen on these side roads and back roads lately getting all the crops put in.
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Yeah, hopefully it didn't have too far to go then, but yeah, flashed my lights at him.
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I mean, he'll least tell him to turn on his headlights, but I knew by the trail of cars then that he had some equipment.
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I can kind of see a glimpse of it, but so we managed to not plied, but it could be bad if he doesn't have any headlights on, but just as four-way.
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MO-58, Missouri
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