Recently there was a road crew out doing some repairs on a busy secondary road. They had flag people out, all the required signs and every person on the road crew was brightly coloured. Should be safe, right?
Wrong, so very wrong.
First off, many the drivers of the vehicles did not see the road signs nor did they see the Day-Glo green flag person or the bright red sign the flagger was waving around trying to get the drivers attention. Never mind all the heavy equipment and bright yellow flashing lights most of the equipment had on top of the vehicles and flagging trucks.
I was a flagger and a road worker once upon a time 20 years ago and it was dangerous back then. Our shoulders and backs broke a lot of side mirrors because of inattentive drivers then. Now it's even worse because not only are drivers not paying attention, they are often on an electronic device and not paying attention to the road. Now if you per chance actually see the flagger and stop, then can you not follow the very simple hand instructions said flagger gives?
Now add in the road crew who are busy on their job and suddenly are pushed, pulled or shoved out of the way of a driver who can't judge their passenger or drivers side vehicle distance and end up almost hitting the road worker. Why do you have a licence and more importantly how did you get a licence in the first place?
If you are guilty of any of the above maybe you should consider retaking a road test or even better stay off the road because if you can't drive safely through a construction zone, what are you like on normal roads.
Dean Soiland, Prince George
