From the article: “This is the type of accident we are trying to reduce,” Transportation project manager Jerry Moore said Monday. Workers are not currently working with heavy equipment in the roadway but on adjacent property, so there is no reason to lower the speed limit, Moore said.
“My advice to people is, when you are driving through the project, pay attention to the road,” he said.
And from the “Reader Comments”, this comment, which describes that awful feeling when you are the last car stuck in a work zone queue:
“It is downright dangerous in this area. A couple of weeks ago I was returning to PA from Sequim with my 1 yr old grand son & slowed down for construction & in the rear view saw a black pickup getting closer & not slowing down, I had no where to veer off, finally about 15 ft away he swerved off to the right[...I] noticed he was hauling a utility trailer behind, obviously not paying attention. Scary.”
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From the article:
“Once they get inside that work zone, now we have workers, we have dads, we have brothers, we have fathers. We want those people to be able to go home at night just like everybody else,” DOT traffic engineer Randy Asman said.
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From the article and news report:
“I didn’t like it,” she said. “It’s rough; it’s loud; it can be real irritating.”
This from a driver, about her experience driving over RoadQuake 2 Temporary Portable Rumble Strips.
The driver meant her comments as complaint; to us, it’s high compliment. The product did its job. RoadQuake 2 alerted her to an upcoming construction work zone.
We certainly do not intend to irritate the American driver. Heaven knows they are irritated enough already. But compare a little irritation to this fact, from the same news report:
“Texas has more accidents in work zones than any other state — 17,000 last year, which killed 134 people. Most of the fatalities are drivers, not highway workers.”
We vote for loud and irritating over injured or dead. How about you?
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That’s an astounding number.
And frightening. Here’s why….from the article:
“But all that construction means that about 1,500 workers will be on the roads each day, and concerns are rising about their safety.”
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RoadQuake 2 Temporary Portable Rumble Strips play a prominent role in the system.
Read on!
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From the article:
“The problem is big. The Cohen Children’s Medical Center, which is in New Hyde Park, NY, has released data indicating that more than 3,000 teens die annually from distracted driving. That, the story said, compares to 2,700 who die from drinking and driving. The story said that distracted drivers are 23 times more likely to crash than those with both eyes on the road.”
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…to publicize their newest safety feature, the end-of-queue warning system. Our RoadQuake 2 Temporary Portable Rumble Strip is a crucial part of that system; we were delighted to be included in the media event.
Thanks, TxDOT!
TxDOT Facebook Page, end-of-queue warning system
“High-tech work zone system debuts on I-35″, Waco Tribune, May 3, 2013
“TxDOT Paris debuts portable rumble strips”, eparistexas.com, May 3, 2013
“TxDOT unveils high-tech warning system on I-35 Work Zone”, Hill Country News, May 2, 2013
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From the article:
“Cochen had reportedly just displayed the stop sign for northbound traffic when the Suzuki sideswiped her.”
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