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Re:New California law requires drivers passing cyclists to g... by tzs on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @03:24PM (#8326544)
In my experience, farmers do not purposefully try to block the road. If you come up behind two farmers driving their tractors side by side down the road, they will almost certainly switch to single file to let you pass.
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Re:New California law requires drivers passing cyclists to g... by revelation on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @03:29PM (#8326572)
I don't get it. Why would two tractors be side by side in a single lane road? You can barely fit one on a single lane.

I think one of us is confused about the exact setup we're talking here. But of course it is wholly irrelevant; some time ago a cab in NYC jumped the curb and crushed a tourists leg, yet I'm not here screaming for cabs to be banned from the roads or asking the cab driver association why they think they can drive on the sidewalk.

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Re:New California law requires drivers passing cyclists to g... by jackmaney on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @03:31PM (#8326582)
As someone who grew up in a farm house and shared many roads with tractors/combines/etc, this is absolutely correct. In fact, I've never seen or heard of tractors driving side by side on a road (except, I suppose, if one tractor were trying to pass the other, but this would be highly unlikely).
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