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At the Virginia Department of Transportation, we pride ourselves on making safety our number one priority. It is the first and most important thing we do every day. But our efforts alone aren’t enough.
Drivers are also responsible for keeping work zones safe. It only takes one speeding driver or one glance at a cell phone to end someone’s life. And, that life could be your own. Eighty-five percent of those killed in highway work zones are drivers or passengers. Last year, seven people were killed in highway work zone crashes in Virginia. And although that’s a 64 percent reduction in work zone crashes since 2007, we want to continue to reduce the number of work zone fatalities.
VDOT is working to pre
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