Posted by Goose on October 19, 2009 at 19:23:18 from (67.63.68.13):
Several days ago, we had a rather spirited thread about combines on public roads. I was abruptly taken to task for opining that some combine operators could be more alert and courteous when encountering motor vehicles. At least one poster voiced the opinion that all vehicle drivers are stupid morons.
Fast forward to this morning. U.S. Highway 77 is a four lane highway between Lincoln and Wahoo, Nebraska with a 65 mph speed limit. It's also the main north/south route through that part of the state. I was coming south out of Wahoo with my cruise set on 67 when I topped a rise in the road and came up behind about a dozen assorted vehicles behind a combine blocking both southbound lanes and going about 15 mph. He was centered exactly on the centerline and the header was wide enough to cover both lanes completely. From my vantage point at the rear of the pack I could see mirrors projecting out about two feet on both sides of the cab, so it's reasonable to assume the combine operator could see the traffic behind him.
At this place in the road, there is a hard surfaced shoulder almost as wide as a traffic lane, and the header on the combine was lifted high enough to go over the reflector posts, so there's absolutely no reason the combine operator couldn't have drifted onto the shoulder without breaking his speed and cleared one lane at least long enough for the traffic to pass.
This went on for another couple of miles with more traffic piling up behind me. Finally the combine turned off onto a side road. If the combine operator was capable of coherent thought, he was probably thinking how nice it was of the State of Nebraska to build this nice wide 4 lane highway for him to run his combine on.
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