Environment aware

Know your environment

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.

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.

15-min course to prevent rear-end crashes in cars, pickups, vans and small trucks.

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Use this action card on intersection safety tips to help reduce large truck crashes through planning, positioning and smart driving.

Tools and resources

Animal-vehicle collisions action card (PDF)
Dangers of speeding action card (PDF)
Following distance action card (PDF)
Intersections action card (PDF)
Navigating gravel action card (PDF)
Navigating mountain driving safely action card (PDF)
Night driving action card (PDF)
Operating ag equipment on rural roads action card (PDF)

Operating ATVs and UTVs in agriculture action card (PDF)
Proper lane changes action card (PDF)
Pulling a trailer with a pickup action card (PDF)
Rural intersections action card (PDF)
Sharing the road with ag equipment action card (PDF)
Summer driving action card (PDF)
Weather and rural roads action card (PDF)
Winter driving action card (PDF)

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Accident record and register (PDF)
Guidelines for ag equipment operation (PDF)

Animal-vehicle collisions (PDF)
Dangers of speeding (PDF)
Following distance (PDF)
Intersections (PDF)
Navigating gravel (PDF)
Navigating mountain driving safely (PDF)
Night driving (PDF)
Operating ag equipment on rural roads (PDF)

Operating ATVs and UTVs in agriculture (PDF)
Proper lane changes (PDF)
Pulling a trailer with a pickup (PDF)
Rural intersections (PDF)
Sharing the road with ag equipment (PDF)
Summer driving (PDF)
Weather and rural roads (PDF)
Winter driving (PDF)

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