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Motorists traveling on Minnesota highways this fall need to be aware of large, slow-moving farm equipment transporting crops to markets, grain elevators, and processing plants. Farm equipment is large and heavy, making it hard for operators to accelerate, slow down, and stop. The machines also make wide turns and sometimes cross over the centerline. They […]
Eighteen individuals were recognized by Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths at the statewide TZD conference Thursday, Oct. 23, for their innovative efforts to reduce the number of traffic deaths and injuries in the state. About 1,000 traffic safety professionals attended this year’s TZD conference in St. Cloud. Two individuals received the Kathy Swanson Outstanding Service Award,
Long drives, scenic bike rides and evening walks. They are all part of summer in Minnesota, but if you’re an impaired driver, pedestrian or bicyclist, your summer days may abruptly end. Crashes involving alcohol continue to change Minnesotans lives forever. From 2014-2018 (preliminary), there were 127 people who lost their lives in drunk driving crashes
Ninety-two people. That’s four classrooms full of students. That’s an entire NFL football team and their staff. That’s how many unbuckled motorists were killed last year in Minnesota. To remind motorists that seat belts save lives and it’s the law to buckle up, the Crookston, East Grand Forks and Thief River Falls Police Departments and
Richard Sanders, Polk County engineer, was among the 10 individuals and organizations honored by the state departments of health, public safety, and transportation for improving traffic safety under Minnesota Toward Zero Deaths program. The awards were announced at the statewide TZD conference Oct. 23-24 in Mankato. TZD Star Awards are given annually to recognize those
