Learning about safety

Photograph courtesy of Karen Rodgerson
LEARNING ABOUT SAFETY – Georgia Landry has fun sitting in the driver’s seat of a plow truck. Katahdin Elementary students in grades K-5 took part in a snowplow safety program sponsored by the Maine Department of Transportation.The program consisted of a brief classroom presentation by Highway Crew Supervisor Kevin Rodgerson and an opportunity for students to climb in the plow trucks and sit in the driver's seat. Students were amazed at the limited visibility once inside the trucks and all the "bells and whistles" that the driver needs to pay attention to while plowing. The goal of the program was to raise student awareness of the potential safety issues if they were to be too close to the road when the snowplow goes by their house.