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Madison Soltz

Graduate student at Kansas State University in Agricultural and Extension Education Services, focused on agricultural education and extension.

Oct 16, 2025

13:19
She can kind of explain this a little better than I can because she's been deep in the numbers.
13:24
Yeah, so like Dr. Berkish said, rear-end collisions are our number one collision type with farm equipment in Kansas.
13:33
So that's really due to speed differential.
13:37
Especially on highways, you get a car going 70 miles per hour versus a piece of equipment that's going maximum 25 miles per hour.
13:45
you catch up to that piece of farm equipment really quickly.
13:49
It's also due to a lack of awareness from both the farmer perspective and from other drivers on the road.
13:56
So really got to make sure that we are aware of everybody on the roadway and following traffic laws.
19:00
is it also a good reminder to remember that sometimes field entrances just kind of appear seems like in the middle of the road

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