Everyone plays a role in maintaining a safe work zone area during roadway construction. To play your part, follow these tips while driving through a work site:

DO…

·      Pay attention to the orange diamond-shaped warning signs or electronic message
    boards posted in advance of a road construction project.

·  Stay alert. Dedicate your full attention to driving.

·  Minimize distractions. Avoid changing radio stations, using a cell phone, etc. while
   driving in a work zone.

·  Drive carefully and slowly through the construction site; always obey the posted
   speed limits in the work zone area.

·  Pay close attention and heed directions on work zone warning signs. Signs and work
   zone flaggers save lives.

·  Watch for stopped or slowing traffic. Do not tailgate.

·  Expect the unexpected. Anticipate potential dangers.

·  Watch how the traffic ahead is flowing.

·  Keep an eye out for construction workers, their equipment and vehicles, as well as
   the vehicles around you.

·  Use extra caution when driving through a site at night.

·  Watch for detours and lane diversions.

DO NOT…

·   Speed up or slow down significantly while going through a work zone.

·   Slow down to look at the construction work being done.

·   Resume normal speed until after you emerge completely out of the work zone area.

·   Tailgate. Most of the accidents within a work zone are rear-end collisions.

·   Change lanes within a work zone.