“Premier Wall Seeing Red over Orange Zone Speeding After Death”

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“Dying on Sask. Highway ends fresh start for N. Brunswick Couple”

From the latter: 

“He stole her life. He stole our unborn child’s life and he’s ruined mine.”

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Some good news.  News video and a short article are here.

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…last April, introducing SafetyWall ADA-Compliant Pedestrian Barricade.  

Since April, we have run it in our trade show exbibits to attract walkers-by and to help explain the benefits of our ADA-Compliant Barricades.

We recently began to use the video in paid advertising media, such as Public Works Online.  (Watch it on their website, here.)   We advertise in a Public Works e-mail newsletter, and decided to advertise on their web site, too.

 And….just so you know, you can watch our SafetyWall Video at You Tube, here.  We also feature the video on our main site, here.

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A tip of the hat to Mark Christensen for this article. Mark, from OTW Safety, a barrier manufacturer, is an industry colleague and Facebook friend of ours.

Mark launched a discussion about this article at LinkedIn yesterday; he noted: “Tragic example of work zone fatality that could have been prevented had LCDs been specified.”

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From the article:

“Designed to help promote work zone safety, the DOT has turned to the public for a moniker for its  10-foot tall, orange and white-striped  mascot.”

Your editor cannot tell from the picture if they’re our drums, but the elite PSS Investigative Team is on the case.

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From the book review:

“In “Killer on the Road: Violence and the American Interstate,” [Ginger] Strand, the author of “Inventing Niagara,” draws startling parallels between the inexorable advance of the Interstate System and the proliferation of killers who were pathologically stimulated by that long, open road.”

Some thoughts:

1.)  The book sounds as fascinating as the road itself. 

2.)  Kerouac pre-dates the Interstate.  Wonder if he ever wrote about it?

3.)  Regarding a song lyric: 

“There’s a Killer on the Road / his brain is squirming like a toad”, from Riders on The Storm, by the Doors.  

I always thought the killer in the song was a drunk driver.  Maybe not.

4.)  If I were to read this book, I’d have to play Springsteen’s “Nebraska” album as accompaniment. 

The title track tells the Charles Starkweather story:

“Saw her standin’ on her front lawn / just a twirlin’ her baton / Me and her went for a ride, sir / and 10 innocent people died…”

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The GHSA is the Governors Highway Safety Association.

From the article:

“Harsha noted that the broader implication of GHSA’s new policy is that it sends a clear message to drivers that cell phone use while driving is not acceptable.”

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From the article:

“Safety is our top priority and tests have shown the designated speed is a safe one,” agency spokeswoman Veronica Bayer said.

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From our offices, the scene of the accident is about a 30 minute drive west.

From the local ABC channel:

AVON, Ohio – A construction worker struck by a car on I-90 westbound in Avon has died from his injuries, Avon fire says.

They said the victim was flown to Avon Emergency Care Center but his injuries were very grave. There is no more information about the identity of the victim at this time.

The driver who hit the worker did stop, Avon fire said.  I-90 westbound at Crocker Road in Avon remains closed.

Avon police are handling the crash and Westlake police are assisting with the road closure.

Road construction was going on at I-90 eastbound between Route 83 and Crocker/Bassett Road.

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