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Marylb (User)
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Re:What do you expect? 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago
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unaffiliated_person wrote:
Marylb wrote:
doug_wallace wrote:
Walking on a highway intended for automobile traffic is not exactly smart. And I bet they didn't have the required-by-law slow moving vehicle orange triangle reflector signs or anything other than their pastel-colored bonnets, dresses, and denim overalls. No safety equipment like someone trailing the group with an orange vest and a sign warning motorists. Jeez...who was the idiot who organized this? He should be under fire instead of the driver, who if we take at face value, did nothing wrong.
The story doesn't say much and I wondered some of the same things. Was it a parade or what were they doing on a road? Some of the roads are blind roads and a cart is an unexpected obstical. Was it just a celebration where permits were required? Drivers would have no chance if this were allowed to happen.
Anyone know what this is all about?
According to the KSl article, the plan they had was to over land, not the road. The police had no idea they were there. It seems like they were trying to take a shortcut. The driver was blinded by the sun while coming up on the hill and did not see them.
That explains it. What a tragic decision for this group to make. Glad to know this would not be allowed on our roads ordinarily. The story scared me as a driver who has been on those blind roads. If this proves to be what happened, that poor driver has to live with this horrible ending as well. It seems it could have been any one of us behind the wheel. Sad.
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Re:Two dead after truck strikes handcart convoy in 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago
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Sir John the Apostate wrote:People walking down a rural road with handcarts.
Only in Utah
 I wouldn't say only Utah...don't forget the Amish...
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Re:Two dead after truck strikes handcart convoy in 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago
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unaffiliated_person wrote:Sir John the Apostate wrote:
People walking down a rural road with handcarts.
Only in Utah
I wouldn't say only Utah...don't forget the Amish...At least they use horse drawn buggies. 
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Re:Two dead after truck strikes handcart convoy in 4 Months, 4 Weeks ago
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Sir John the Apostate wrote:unaffiliated_person wrote:
Sir John the Apostate wrote:
People walking down a rural road with handcarts.
Only in Utah
I wouldn't say only Utah...don't forget the Amish...
At least they use horse drawn buggies.
True...but I don't want to see the crash test rating on them. There is an image...crash test dummies cruising in a horse drawn buggy into a wall.
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