10/30/2026
Here are some important tips about sharing the road with farm equipment! Please read to keep everyone safe!
🚜🌾 Harvest season is here, Maryland! Let’s share the road and be Serious About Safety!
With more than 12,000 working farms across Maryland, you’ll see more combines and large farm equipment on the roads through November. From 2020–2025, more than 280 crashes involving farm equipment occurred on Maryland roads.
Motorists should follow these tips when sharing the road with operators of slow-moving farm equipment:
• When you encounter farm equipment, take a breath, slow down and give farmers plenty of space.
• Slow down and be patient. Farm equipment moves slowly, so allow extra travel time.
• Pass with caution. Never pass on hills, curves, in no-passing zones or where visibility is limited.
• Give them farmers room. Large equipment makes wide turns. If a tractor or other farm vehicle moves to the right, it may be preparing to turn left. Watch for signals and potential driveways or field entrances.
Slow down. Stay vigilant. Share the road with farmers.
Maryland Farm Bureau
Maryland Department of Agriculture
More info: https://ow.ly/umUu5100hes
