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A HERETIC I AM

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4. There's a vid on YouTube of a plow in operation and the audio indicates they have a chase vehicle...

Reply to BunnyMcGee (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 1, 2021, 11:51 PM

Feb 2021

With a guy on the radio who can clearly see what is ahead, and talking to the engineer. Telling him it’s OK to accelerate, etc.

I looked but I can’t find it.

But it seems to me that if they need to call out a plow, it is safe to say they have a clear and open line!

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