As winter gives way to spring and temperatures gradually rise, ITD crews make the transition from plowing snow and applying anti-icer to filling potholes, re-striping highways, repairing bridges and … [Read more...] about Help Keep Highway Construction Zones Safer for Everyone
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ARTBA: Speed Enforcement a Key to Cutting Roadway Construction Zone Deaths & Injuries: National Work Zone Awareness Week Held April 3-9
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) today urged state and local police departments to dramatically step up their enforcement of speed limits in roadway construction … [Read more...] about ARTBA: Speed Enforcement a Key to Cutting Roadway Construction Zone Deaths & Injuries: National Work Zone Awareness Week Held April 3-9
New Campaign Aims to Improve Teenager Safety in Work Zones
Motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of teens, killing more than 6000 every year. Work zones prove to be additional hazards because a teenager is killed every 3 days from work zones and … [Read more...] about New Campaign Aims to Improve Teenager Safety in Work Zones
Video Targets Young Drivers in Work Zones
To reduce the number of work zone accidents, the Carolinas Association of General Contractors (AGC) is developing an educational video on work zone driving safety to be distributed to driver's … [Read more...] about Video Targets Young Drivers in Work Zones
Toolbox of Highway Safety Strategies. Chapter 19: Improving Work Zone Safety
This article offers tools to achieve the following goals: - Implement improved methods to reduce the number and duration of work activities. - Adopt improved procedures to ensure more effective … [Read more...] about Toolbox of Highway Safety Strategies. Chapter 19: Improving Work Zone Safety