Publication Details
Title: Federal Highway Administrator Mary Peters: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery
Abstract: Consists of a written transcript of a speech given by Mary Peters at the 4th Annual National Work Zone Awareness Week.
The Federal Highway Administration is committed to dramatically improving safety on our highways. The field of orange traffic cones is the best idea yet. There are a thousand cones set up. There were more than a thousand work zone fatalities in 2001. That's a 55 percent increase from 1997. Each cone represents a preventable death in a work zone if you remember nothing else, remember these two things: Drivers are the most frequent fatality in work zone crashes. Rear-end crashes -- running into the rear of a slowing or stopping vehicle -- are the most common type of work zone crash. When roadwork is complete, all of us benefit from safer roads and fewer delays.
Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
Publication Date: April 8, 2003
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