Transportation officials are taking this week to remind drivers to slow down when near a work zone.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Work zones are some of the most dangerous parts of the roadway- causing dozens of deaths each year.
“The start of every safety meeting we talk about keeping your head on a swivel,” said Sam Kennedy, Regional Safety Manager at Granite Construction.“Our number one hazard in the business we do, repairing and building roads, is traffic," Kennedy said."People driving drunk, people texting when they’re drunk, people driving into our work zones and actually physically hitting our workers.”
“This particular driver kept on going and they didn’t catch him," Kennedy said."So they had a hit and run.” “It's really as simple as slowing down and paying attention," said Garin Groff with Arizona Department of Transportation."That really is what many work zone fatalities are about.”
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