Whether driving in rural areas or in the city you need to know your environment which means knowing speed limits, weather conditions, seasonal hazards, and more.
Leverage these resources to help drivers adapt to their surroundings and help prevent accidents no matter the landscape.
Featured resources
Article: Importance of rural road safety
Higher speed limits, less lighting, narrower lanes, and more unmarked intersections than city streets can make driving on rural roads more dangerous especially in the presence of poor driver behaviors.
Video: Rear-end collision prevention - Light and medium vehicles
Best practices for reducing rear-end collisions including proper following distances, scanning ahead, etc.
Action card: Intersections
Intersections can be dangerous - use these 5 tips to help prevent accidents.
Handouts with 5 actions drivers can reference after corresponding toolbox talks.
- Animal-vehicle collisions
- Dangers of speeding
- Following distance
- Intersections
- Navigating gravel
- Navigating mountain driving safely
- Night driving
- Operating ag equipment on rural roads
- Operating ATV/UTV in agriculture
- Proper lane changes
- Pulling a trailer with a pickup
- Rural intersections
- Sharing the road with ag equipment
- Summer driving
- Weather and rural roads
- Winter driving
Videos
Rear-end collision prevention part 1 – Light and medium vehicles
Part 1 of best practices for reducing rear-end collisions including proper following distances, scanning ahead, etc.
Rear-end collision prevention part 2– Light and medium vehicles
Part 2 best practices for reducing rear-end collisions including proper following distances, scanning ahead, etc.
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