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  • The fatal accident occurred about 80 miles north of the Jasper-Woodhull Amish settlement in the town of Benton, where a car trying to pass a tractor on a curve in a no-passing zone clipped the van carrying 13 Amish farmers, sending it into and under the tractor.

    For Amish, no grudge, blame in tragedy 2011

  • The fatal accident occurred about 80 miles north of the Jasper-Woodhull Amish settlement in the town of Benton, where a car trying to pass a tractor on a curve in a no-passing zone clipped the van carrying 13 Amish farmers, sending it into and under the tractor.

    For Amish, no grudge, blame in tragedy 2011

  • They have little or no regard for speed limits and not much concern for no-passing zones.

    Ask an old gringo: grafitti, chili peppers, pickup trucks and women 2006

  • It raced at least eighty miles an hour down the curving road, veering into the opposite lane even though they were in a no-passing zone.

    Final Theory Mark Alpert 2008

  • It raced at least eighty miles an hour down the curving road, veering into the opposite lane even though they were in a no-passing zone.

    Final Theory Mark Alpert 2008

  • They have little or no regard for speed limits and not much concern for no-passing zones.

    Ask an old gringo: grafitti, chili peppers, pickup trucks and women 2006

  • It raced at least eighty miles an hour down the curving road, veering into the opposite lane even though they were in a no-passing zone.

    Final Theory Mark Alpert 2008

  • Keep in mind that the entire small base is a no-passing zone, that the speed limit is a grand total of fifteen miles per hour everywhere and that the road on which we were driving was right in front of the base headquarters, where much foot traffic crosses.

    Driven Over the Edge 2003

  • Speaking of passing on the highway, I offer this little tidbit for your edification: In Mexico no-passing zones are mostly indicated by a yellow line on the road.

    Return To Tzintzuntzan 2000

  • Speaking of passing on the highway, I offer this little tidbit for your edification: In Mexico no-passing zones are mostly indicated by a yellow line on the road.

    Return To Tzintzuntzan 2000

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