Floyd County High School announced Thursday that 28 tractors rolled into school Thursday morning as part of Floyd County FFA Drive Your Tractor to School Day.

The innovative alert system seeks to enhance safety on rural roads by notifying drivers of nearby slow-moving traffic, including horse-drawn buggies.

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. – Virginia State Police are investigating a multi-vehicle crash in Bedford County involving a farming tractor. Tractor-involved crash on Route 460 in Bedford County on Sept. 22, 2020. However, that wasn’t the case last year when a 75-year-old Bedford County farmer was killed in a crash. It was close to being a head-on accident.”State police, local authorities and state organizations, like the Virginia Farmers Bureau, are working hard to promote farming tractor and vehicle safety. As far as Tuesday’s crash, the driver of the work van was charged with driving too close to the pickup truck.