For Immediate Release: April 16, 2014

Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Teams Up with PennDOT, State Police and PDA to Promote Safe Driving on ural oads
(Motorists Urged to Drive with Caution as Farm Vehicles Return to Rural Roads) (York) As farmers across Pe s!l"a ia ret#r to t$e fields to pla t crops t$is spri %, represe tati"es from t$e Pe s!l"a ia Farm &#rea# a d t$e Pe s!l"a ia 'epartme ts of A%ric#lt#re, (tate Police a d )ra sportatio *oi ed to%et$er toda! to promote safe dri"i % o r#ral roads at (m!sers Ric$la+ Farms i York ,o# t! as part of R#ral Roads (afet! -eek (RR(-), April 1./101 'o"er )o+ s$ip dair! farmer &ria (m!ser $osted t$e state+ide e"e t o 2e$alf of Pe s!l"a ia Farm &#rea# (PF&)1 3)$e p#rpose of R#ral Roads (afet! -eek is to alert dri"ers t$at lar%e, slo+/mo"i % farm "e$icles a d e4#ipme t are o ce a%ai tra"eli % o r#ral roads across t$e state1 -e5re #r%i % motorists to #se ca#tio +$e approac$i % farm "e$icles a d 2e patie t if t$e! are dela!ed,6 said &ria (m!ser, +$o co/o+ s t$e dair! a d crop farm i part ers$ip +it$ $is 2rot$er 7ed a d fat$er Rod e!1 Farm &#rea# otes t$at +$ile it5s timel! to remi d motorists to 2e ca#tio#s o+ t$at spri % pla ti % is # der+a!, practici % safe dri"i % $a2its o r#ral roads is importa t all !ear lo %1 3'ri"ers eed to keep t$eir %#ard #p t$ro#%$o#t t$e pla ti %, %ro+i % a d $ar"esti % seaso s 2! red#ci % speed a d 2ei % more a+are of ot$er motorists,8 said A d! Fli c$2a#%$, a mem2er of PF&5s (tate &oard of 'irectors1 8-e 2elie"e accide ts ca 2e pre"e ted if farmers a d motorists look o#t for o e a ot$er o r#ral roads1 If motorists $ear o#r messa%es a d follo+ safe dri"i % tips, costl! accide ts ca 2e a"oided a d li"es ca 2e sa"ed16 Accordi % to Pe '9)5s cras$ data reports, t$ere +ere :; cras$es a d t+o fatalities i "ol"i % farm e4#ipme t a d ot$er "e$icles i Pe s!l"a ia i 201.1 3<otorists s$o#ld #se ca#tio o all road+a!s, 2#t o r#ral road+a!s t$e! s$o#ld 2e especiall! +atc$f#l d#ri % spri % a d s#mmer mo t$s +$e farm "e$icles are m#c$ more acti"e,6 said Pe '9) 'ep#t! (ecretar! &radle! =1 <allor!1 3-e s$o#ld all slo+ do+ a d 2e patie t +$e approac$i % lar%e farm "e$icles // do 5t ass#me t$at t$e farmer k o+s !o#5re t$ere a d please pass +it$ ca#tio 16 Farmers are le%all! allo+ed to operate farm e4#ipme t o Pe s!l"a ia roads a d t$e! m#st displa! t$e (lo+ <o"i % >e$icle ((<>) ?m2lem, +$ic$ is a ora %e colored tria %le +it$ a red 2order, o t$e rear of all "e$icles or e4#ipme t t$at co siste tl! tra"el at speeds of 2@ mp$ or less1 (more)

Pe s!l"a ia (ecretar! of A%ric#lt#re Aeor%e Arei% prese ted a proclamatio from Ao"er or ,or2ett declari % April 1./10 as R#ral Roads (afet! -eek i Pe s!l"a ia1 3<oder a%ric#lt#re re4#ires farmers to operate lar%e mac$i er! o arro+ r#ral roads it5s le%al, a d it5s ecessar! i order to %et t$e *o2 do e,6 said A%ric#lt#re (ecretar! Aeor%e Arei%1 3It5s #p to farmers a d motorists to +ork to%et$er to safel! s$are o#r roads a d keep t$em safe16 )rooper Adam Reed, +$o is P#2lic I formatio 9ffice ,oordi ator +it$ t$e Pe s!l"a ia (tate Police, also spoke a2o#t t$e importa ce of RR(- d#ri % t$e e+s co fere ce1 I additio to t$e state+ide e+s co fere ce at (m!sers Ric$la+ Farms, some co# t! Farm &#rea#s across Pe s!l"a ia $eld e+s e"e ts t$is +eek to $elp spread t$e +ord a2o#t RR(-1 PF& created a 2roc$#re +it$ 2ack%ro# d i formatio a d tips for motorists a d farmers as part of R#ral Roads (afet! -eek1 )$e 2roc$#re ca 2e "ie+ed or do+ loaded from t$e follo+i % li k: www!pf"!com#images#"rochures#current$ S$"ro!pdf1 Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is the states largest farm organization with a volunteer membership of more than 58,300 farm and rural families, representing farms of every size and ommodity a ross Pennsylvania! """