A new report paints a sobering picture for road workers - with drivers regularly refusing to stop and verbally abusing traffic controllers. Those are some of the results from the first survey of road workers done by the Temporary Traffic Management Industry Steering Group.
The survey was done here and in Australia - with 667 traffic controllers answering questions about safety, verbal and physical abuse as well as near misses. More than 60 per cent reported weekly verbal abuse. The chair of the Temporary Traffic Management Industry Steering Group Darren Wu says the results of the survey are deeply concerning and change is needed.
The group wants a public awareness campaign calling on drivers to slow down for road workers, and to have roadwork safety embedded into driver training. Darren Wu speaks to Kathryn.
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