 The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Paint the Plow program. This program offers a unique opportunity for MDOT to partner with area schools, using students’ creativity to communicate safe winter driving practices for all Michigan residents.
The Paint the Plow program is open to all Michigan high schools, including technical and vocational programs. Students are invited to submit a creative and original design reflecting their individual school, while promoting a selected safety theme. This year's safety theme is "Give plows space; it's not a race."
The safety theme reminds everyone that driving safely on winter roads is crucial to preventing crashes and ensuring road user safety. Snow and ice can make roads slippery, reducing traction and increasing stopping distances. Slowing down gives drivers more time to react to changing conditions and helps maintain control. It's especially important to be cautious around snowplows, which travel at reduced speeds and have limited visibility. By slowing down and giving plows plenty of space, drivers can help keep Michigan's roads safer for everyone.
MDOT will accept Paint the Plow design applications through Friday, May 16. Selected schools will be notified before the end of the 2025 school year and arrangements will be made for the delivery of their plow blade in the fall. Depending on location throughout the state, schools will have approximately six weeks to complete their design before MDOT staff return for the completed plow blade in time to ready trucks for the winter maintenance season. Painted plow blades will be visible along various state trunklines (I, M and US routes) in Michigan through the winter.
Interested schools can visit www.Michigan.gov/PaintThePlow for more information and to submit their design.
Stay Safe. Drive Smart.
Our mission is to move Toward Zero Deaths on Michigan roads through the implementation of the Safe System Approach.
Learn more at www.Michigan.gov/ZeroDeaths.
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