BRIDGEVILLE, Pa., April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Roadside work crews put their
lives at risk working to improve your future ride, not to inconvenience you.
Like you, those men and women have families, and loved ones who depend on
them. Don't put their lives and the welfare of their children at risk by
driving recklessly through work zones.
National Work Zone Safety Week begins April 9, 2001. Last year, State
Transportation Secretary Bradley L. Mallory announced a new initiative to
promote safety in Pennsylvania highway work zones. The orange and black
roadside sign; "Slow Down, my Mommy/Daddy Works Here," is designed to remind
drivers that construction crews have children and families and they are
living, breathing people. Over the last 5 years the number of persons killed
in motor vehicle crashes in work zones is an average of 760 fatalities each
year, nationwide. PennDOT'S District 11, Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence
counties, have 1,317 work zone crashes that have occurred between 1994 and
1999. A car traveling 60 mph travels 88 feet per second. If you're going
60 mph, and you pass a sign that says "Road Work 1500 feet," you'll be in that
work zone in 17 seconds.
The work zone safety signs will be on all new high-volume construction
projects such as freeways, expressways, or highways where the work crews are
exposed to traffic.
The safe way to travel through a work zone is to pay attention to the
special warning signs and stay alert. Motorists are reminded that fines for
speeding and other traffic violations are doubled in work zones.
SOURCE Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
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CONTACT:
Raymond Hack, P.E., District Engineer, or
Catherine Tress, Community Relations/Safety, both of PennDOT,
412-429-6035
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