"Work Zone Driver Safety:
Not Just for National Work Zones in Awareness Week”
By: Colleen Gemmill
While it is great to have a week dedicated to Work Zone Awareness
it is an even greater idea to be aware in work zones every week, every day, and
especially every time we drive through a work zone. Why such frequency? We’re
talking lives here that’s why.
According to national statistics a work zone fatality
happens every 10 hours and a work zone injury occurs every 13 minutes. Now why
wouldn’t everyone want to be aware of their driving while in work zones?
Awareness can go a long way when driving in any situation,
but becomes vitally important when in a work zone. Speed and inattention are
the most common causes of work zone accidents. Why wouldn’t everyone want to be
aware every time they drive in a work zone?
Slow down and be aware in all work zones at all times.
You’re lower speed and awareness will go a long way in keeping you from
becoming one of the four out of five fatalities that are motorists in work
zones.
Sources: Federal Highway administration
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