3 workers struck on I-70 on ohio.

A lot of people in Columbus just fly through work zones. When they were working on I-670 they had motorcycle cops pulling ppl over for speeding in that zone. Plus when it rains here, people become idiots!

 

Yes, as i implied. This accident was a pickup truck rear ending a state work truck. NO big truck was involved in this accident. This accident in no way was connected to a "TRUCK" accident, inferring it was an 18 wheeler. Are we now to report every pickup truck accident?
This website for the most part, deals with Commercial trucks.
Of course, we should all maintain the proper attitude and respect the highway workers. Going slow and watching out for construction workers should be kept with the highest regard.
This was pothole repair, so i it was not an established work zone with barriers or barrels. It is the responsibility of the motoring public to watch out for any slower vehicle and proceed with caution.

 

Sensible statement, but I'm still thinking there's a chance the driver may have been at fault.

I'm basing that on my own experiences in recent years: I got out of OTR about 3 years ago and started driving a 23,000 lb rollback wrecker for a living. Naturally, I often find myself on the side of the interstate picking up and securing breakdowns or wrecked vehicles - and I do this with cars and trucks buzzing me from 1 to 2 feet away. The problem is that, sometimes, they come even closer than that, and they often do so without even thinking of slowing down. It happens far more often than you'd think. My truck's covered in high-intensity, flashing yellow LED strobes and beacons, but everyone acts like I'm invisible.

A lot of states even have a "Move Over" law on the books (mine included) which states that drivers, upon encountering roadside workers (DOT/Police/and, yes, even tow truck operators), are supposed to move over into the next lane - or slow down if moving over isn't possible. But it seems that the only people who do this happen to drive 18-wheelers; the 4-wheelers couldn't care less (you shouldn't have been in "their way"). Seems like everyone's so convinced that the world should just yield to them that, like I said earlier, it's not uncommon to find yourself 3 feet or less away from winding up on the 7:00 news. You get used to it after awhile but you never really become complacent - at least, not if you don't want to become a human hood ornament.

I guess the reasons people often come so close to turning us into human roadkill can range from being on the phone or inattentive driving to simply displaying too much of a "Type-A" personality behind the wheel, and everything in-between. But I see it a lot. I literally risk my life every day I have to pick up someone from the side of I-95. I might go back to OTR - heck, it was actually safer, LOL!

 

I don't drive, but on a trip back from Chattanooga, TN, on going over the AL border, all 3 lanes slowed down to a crawl, no signs out, and a whole lot of people not knowing which lane to be in. It wasn't till a few miles later that you could see ahead that both the left lane and center lane were closed. The only thing out was the truck with the flashy lights and an arrow, they too were patching holes. If they would have had some sort of a sign out several miles before getting to them, it would have at least let those who obey such signs get over into the right lane. Instead you have 2 lanes trying to move over at the last second creating mayhem.

The next pet peeve of my husband and I also, are those who think they are going to wait to the last minute to get over when they do see a closed lane sign. This is cars mostly and it's like a game to them to see if they can be first in line.

 

The article stated their where warning signs staying to merge over