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Driver Education a valuable high school program

Local instructors help teens develop safe driving habits

By Darrell Nesbitt June 6, 2018

Reasons may vary why adults are lending, or have lent, time to the High School Driver Education (Driver Ed) program, but one thing is clear — they are dedicated to helping teens get off to a good start in the graduated licensing process. “Certainly the people who teach Driver Ed do so out of a

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Drivers encouraged to focus on safety as farm traffic increases

By Province of Manitoba April 27, 2018

Manitoba Agriculture and Manitoba Infrastructure are encouraging farmers, drivers and agricultural equipment operators to make road safety a priority this spring. Warmer temperatures mean an increase in oversized equipment travelling on Manitoba highways is expected to begin soon. Farmers and agricultural equipment operators need to: ensure all machinery is equipped with proper lighting, signage and

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Be safe and be ready to share the road with farm traffic

By Province of Manitoba May 1, 2017

Province of Manitoba – Farmers are gearing up for another growing season and that means agricultural equipment will soon be moving along roadways to fields and sharing the roads and highways in rural areas, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler said today. “When our producers are moving equipment down the road, they tend to move slower than

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Moving equipment is a high-risk operation

There are many pitfalls that increase the chances of being in a serious accident

By Alberta Agriculture September 19, 2014

According to the Canadian Agricultural Injury Reporting (CAIR) program, 13 per cent of farm-related fatalities across Canada are traffic related, and most involved tractors. During the busy fall harvest season, farmers often travel long distances between fields, and this requires transporting equipment on public roads throughout rural Alberta. Farm equipment is oversized and slow compared

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Driver Education a valuable high school program

Drivers encouraged to focus on safety as farm traffic increases

Be safe and be ready to share the road with farm traffic

Moving equipment is a high-risk operation

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