Keep an eye out for farm equipment

Keep an eye out for farm equipment

Harvest is here and some area farmers are asking you to pay extra attention out on the roads.

Your full forecast is next.

The signs of the signs of fall are all around us ?

"* cooler temperatures, longer nights, and acres of drying corn stalks.

Harvest is here ?

"* which means we all need to pay extra attention out on the roads.

Kimt news 3's nick kruszalnicki is live in mason city with more.

Nick?

George and katie ?

"* these empy country roads are going to start getting a little busier, with combines and grain trucks bringing in this years' harvest.

Car crashes that inolve ag equipment are five times more deadly than regular car crashes ?

"* according to te new york center for agricultural medicine and health.

They also say many of those accidents happen when cars are trying to pass slow moving farm equipment.

Mason city farmer kevin pope asks drivers to show a little we don't want to be out there any longer than we have to on the roads and you know, just slow down and exercise some patience when you're out in the country.

According to the u?

"*s department of transportatio n ?

"* even though only 19 percent of americans live in rural areas ?

"* half of all fatal road crashes happen out in the country.

Live in mason city, nick thanks nick.

One more statistic for you ?

"* the centers for disease control and prevention reports ag related jobs have the third highest