Farmers put slow moving vehicle signs on the back of their tractors, wagons, and combines. Carriages pulled by horses have slow moving vehicle signs too. Color the center of the sign orange and the outside red. Such equipment includes farm machinery, animal drawn vehicles, and road construction implements. Responsible motorists recognize slow moving vehicles and respond to them with caution by slowing down, giving the equipment plenty of room, and passing only when legal and safe.
Parents can use slow moving vehicle emblems as signs of caution for children to recognize.
Teach your children not to play on or around agricultural equipment. Young kids can learn to associate slow moving vehicle emblems with dangerous equipment. Bean, T. Its Use - Its Value The Slow Moving Vehicle Symbol . Kristi is an Agricultural Communications major at The Ohio State University. All educational programs conducted by Ohio State University Extension are available to clientele on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender, age, disability or Vietnam-era veteran status.