Class 1 Driver's Lic

[jimmy]

Other than experience, how does(why should) a farmer get a free pass for acquiring a 1A,....same equipment and roads. I'm even on the record as stating there should be safeties on farm trucks and trailers. Maybe not on a commercial schedule but milage based for the power unit, trailers might have to be on a time schedule.

Most around my area get their trucks safetied. I get all three of mine done 1is commercial plated two farm plated. You will learn there is a lot less hassle when going through scale or getting stopped when you have the sticker. There is talk about electronic log books being mandatory in all trucks that might create some issues in ag trucks

[bucket]

I think a lot of people are missing something.....the reason there is a trucking industry is because the railways didn't want the work or couldn't handle it....

Maybe someone should look into the fact that the load on the truck that killed all those young lives could have been on rail....is there any reason to hurry a load of peat moss in April?????

The reason we have large trucks on the farm is because the railways wanted more efficiency and government granted them the consolidation....

We don't move grain any faster today than 30 years ago.....the system isn't set up for it...a lineup of super Bs today is no different than 3 tons at wooden elevators 35 years ago....


Politicians don't understand shit which is why I will continue to call them stupid....along with the people that lobby them for stupid shit....which is why instead of a world class network of railways moving product in this country we have a trucking industry that gets its loads from a GTH in the middle of nowhere to be transported back to the very cities the ****ing shit has travelled through on train....

[blackpowder]

"
We don't move grain any faster today than 30 years ago.....the system isn't set up for it...a lineup of super Bs today is no different than 3 tons at wooden elevators 35 years ago...."

Thank you for saying that bucket.
At first I scoffed. Then I realized that there must be areas that do struggle with movement. Good reminder.
Here, it is nothing at all like 35 years ago.

[bobofthenorth]

Well if there are hundreds of these tree areas they should be cleared. Our rm does it all the time. Has greatly reduced accidents.

You need to take a reality pill. Are you going to clear cut all of western Canada? Take the trees out and the house or the shop or the barn or the parked 4WD will still be blocking somebody's vision from some direction. Where do you plan to stop?

Here's a big hint about where to stop ---- at the red octagon with STOP written across it's face.

If Mr. Sing had done that we wouldn't be having this conversation. The only reason that intersection is under the spotlight is because somebody didn't stop at the stop sign. There's a million more intersections in western North America. Maybe we should put traffic lights up at all of them. Or do like the Mexicans and put a dude with white gloves in the middle of each one.

The spectacular feature of common sense is how incredibly UNcommon it actually is.

[Guest]

You need to take a reality pill. Are you going to clear cut all of western Canada? Take the trees out and the house or the shop or the barn or the parked 4WD will still be blocking somebody's vision from some direction. Where do you plan to stop?

Here's a big hint about where to stop ---- at the red octagon with STOP written across it's face.

If Mr. Sing had done that we wouldn't be having this conversation. The only reason that intersection is under the spotlight is because somebody didn't stop at the stop sign. There's a million more intersections in western North America. Maybe we should put traffic lights up at all of them. Or do like the Mexicans and put a dude with white gloves in the middle of each one.

The spectacular feature of common sense is how incredibly UNcommon it actually is.

wastin your breath bob , some don't get reality or common sense any more

[farmaholic]

A buddy contacted me today about this thread. We discussed it a bit and after all I've posted here and after the short discussion with him....I also do believe, ultimately, it is really a "moving traffic" violation at the heart of it all. But that doesn't take away from the fact there are some other issues that need to be addressed that are becoming problematic, many of which were brought up in this thread.

[Horse]

Bob and caseih, I take it you dont believe in defensive driving, and if you cant see the intersection clearly because of trees do you have to come to a stop just incase the other guy dont, I just hate those blind intersections where you have to get to the middle of the road to see what may be coming, and yes noone should park equipment where it will block vision,,COMON SENCE.

[wd9]

Isn't the actual problem certain "individuals" giving away class 1's instead of testing properly?

[sumdumguy]

Bob and caseih, I take it you dont believe in defensive driving, and if you cant see the intersection clearly because of trees do you have to come to a stop just incase the other guy dont, I just hate those blind intersections where you have to get to the middle of the road to see what may be coming, and yes noone should park equipment where it will block vision,,COMON SENCE.

Most of us know that in the country, if you don’t drive defensively and check every intersection before approaching it, we are risking our lives for nothing as all of us can attest to. Common Sense goes a long way.

[the big wheel]

wastin your breath bob , some don't get reality or common sense any more

You can add the words respect and decency to that sentence.

If the trees weren’t there those people likely are alive. That’s a fact stated by professionals that studied the incident.

It will happen again there at that exact intersection

Case you ve been watching your perverted ***** idol trump too much. Just because you say there are hundreds of intersections doesn’t mean that it’s true but maybe in your little mind it is.

I found an online map of that area it’s a bit older but is it not true that there is one main road north running east west to Nipawin then this one then another east west to tisdale? So very few crossroads of highway in that area.
At that particular intersection there is traffic to cargill as well as something across the road west not sure what that is. Also traffic of course supplying Nipawin and tisdale from the east carrot river and those smaller towns. The peat moss and lumber mill. Lots of traffic few crossroads
No wonder there has been many accidents there many obviously not resulted in death but some others have as there are older crosses there aren’t there? Those trees have been argued about in the past haven’t they? So what’s up is it your relatives or friends live there with those trees? On council? Or worried highways would I be responsible which in my mind they might not be legally liable but morally disgraced.

So we re not taking about hundreds of roads where trees are an issue are we?

Off the grid roads those out of area semis aren’t supposed to be on them are they?

There will be another accident there hopefully if it happens it won’t be to anyone that thinks the trees should be gone but let it be if it is someone’s family that wants to so ignorantly not see part of the problem is the trees.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

The issue of trees blocking an intersection is a big one for us. To get to our road from the west, which is the most common direction we travel, requires turning left across oncoming traffic on a curve completely blind due to trees. Neighbor wrote off his brand new company truck doing so, last winter I had to abort my attempted turn in front of a vac truck on glare ice, just missed him, but ended up facing the wrong way in the grader bank. Many many more close calls. I ensure the county is aware, and remind them regularly, and even propose a cheap solution. But nothing gets done.

Negotiating this corner with farm machinery or big trucks requires a spotter to block traffic.

[Sodbuster]

I thought this particular intersection also had a flashing red light, if It did how could any driver possibly miss that.