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How Much Time
Blacksburg - How much time is even-tenths of a second? Not very long. But, according 0 Easley S. Smith, extension pecialist in farm machinery at Virginia Tech, seven-tenths of a econd is all the time available to 1 farm tractor operator whose init has started to rear backwards inder full throttle. Within that time, he can still le-throttle his engine to stop the earing. Beyond that fraction of ;ime there is no stopping and earing and ultimate upset. And inless the operator is thrown dear, or can possibly jump clear, le is pinned or crushed to suffer lerious injury or death. Or maybe he is one of the ucky ones whose tractor had a roll-bar. “Of a national annual toll of about 1,000 lives because }f tractor accidents, some 600 are lue to tractor overturns,” Smith explained. “Many of them can be irevented through the exercise of sensible driving practices.” Sidewise upsets occur when
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