Reducing The Hidden Death Toll Of Roadside Workers

FORBES By Tanya Mohn Apr 30, 2023

A survey of roadside workers found that 60% had experienced a near miss, and 15% had survived being ... [+]AAA FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETYEvery month, two emergency responders, tow workers or road maintenance workers are struck and killed at the side of the road by a driver who fails to obey the law by moving over to an adjacent lane. A survey of those workers found that 60% had experienced a near miss while working at the roadside, and 15% had survived being hit by a passing vehicle. But attention grabbing countermeasures to alert drivers can work. Those are the highlights of research released earlier this year by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, a nonprofit research and education association, to determine what could make roadside workers more visible to motorists.

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