Slow down and give workers a brake during Work Zone Awareness Week

If you travel on Arizona highways this week, you might see ADOT’s overhead message signs displaying a traffic safety message encouraging motorists to slow down in work zones.

National Work Zone Awareness Week, which runs from April 21-25, is an event that helps raise awareness of the need for better driver behavior when traveling through work zones to reduce fatalities and injuries. According to national statistics, the vast majority of fatalities from crashes that occur in work zones are actually drivers and their passengers. It’s on all of us to not only keep workers in the work zone safe, but the passengers in our vehicles, too.

We hope that the message on the overhead signs inspire conversations and ultimately lead to better decisions behind the wheel. If you are driving in a work zone, remember to slow down, obey the posted signage, and stay alert.