Sidebar: Be Seen and Be Safe Highway Safety with Farm Equipment Program
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Be seen and be safe highway safety with farm equipment program.
Ted Keen, a farmer from Wilson County, lost his life when a tractor trailer truck traveling 70 miles per hour rear-ended his tractor in the spring of 2003. This incident was the catalyst for addressing the issue of highway safety with farm equipment. Research data also indicated that this was a need for farmers in Wilson and the surrounding counties. The University of North Carolina Highway Saf...
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عنوان ژورنال: North Carolina Medical Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0029-2559,0029-2559
DOI: 10.18043/ncm.72.6.463