Tag: work zones
Wearable technology for safe and connected highway work zones
Did
you know approximately one work zone fatality occurs every 10 hours, and 24,745
individuals (about 750 per year) lost their lives in work zone crashes...
Focus on Safety: VDOT Clarification on PPE and work zone drum...
PPE Requirements
Thanks to David
Rush, Work Zone Safety Program Manager in VDOT’s Traffic Engineering Division
for providing the following information.
As of September 2019, all...
Good vibrations: VDOT’s new PTRS safety initiative
If you ever wondered how dangerous
driving has become, look at recent safety statistics:
• 85% of drivers are distracted by their cell phone• Drivers are...
2019 Legislation makes highway work zones safer
In new legislation for 2019, the Virginia General Assembly adopted Senate Bill 1521 allowing state troopers to use handheld photo speed monitoring devices to catch vehicles going...