Jefferson 3rd Graders Meet Capital Drift Tuesday

Jefferson 3rd Graders Meet Capital Drift Tuesday

PIERRE, (KCCR) — Officials from the Pierre region of the South Dakota Department of Transportation used a frigid day in the Capital City to introduce the winners of the 5th annual Name a Plow contest to a plow that bears the name, Capital Drift…

Pierre Region Engineer Jason Humphreys says the Name the Plow program raises awareness for safety with drivers, but exposing children to snow plows up close can help expand that safety message…

Amber Stout’s class came up with the name Capital Drift and says naming the plow became a democratic process…

Students took turns sitting in the driver’s seat and blowing the horn a time or two. Capital Drift is assigned to U-S Highway 14 east of Pierre.