Rolla FFA Project Becomes Statewide Safety Day

For this year’s Premier Chapter competition at the National FFA Convention,  the Rolla, North Dakota FFA chapter presented a project called Slow Down, Share the Road Day. “Slow Down Day is really just about the need for people to stop for farm equipment on the roads,” explains Olivia Martin. “It’s actually more dangerous for the farm equipment than it is for us because there’s more of a chance of farm equipment going into ditches and rolling over.” Martin, along with teammate Kylie Juntunen, drafted the proposal themselves. “We wanted to do a project that involved our entire chapter, and to help with keeping farmers and their equipment safe when on the roads,” says Juntenen. “We first started out in Rolla, and we had the mayor sign it for us, and then we sent it out to the state so that the governor could look at it and pass it in the state.” The proposal was signed by North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong, marking September 19th as the official Slow Down, Share the Road Day.