{"id":14578,"date":"2024-02-15T15:11:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=14578"},"modified":"2024-02-15T15:11:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:11:22","slug":"aaa-study-finds-more-roadside-workers-struck-and-killed-than-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/aaa-study-finds-more-roadside-workers-struck-and-killed-than-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA study finds more roadside workers struck and killed than reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly four times more roadside workers are struck and killed than the figure reported, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/aaafoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/202401-AAAFTS-Roadside-Responder-Fatalities.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new study<\/a> from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers from the organization combed through diverse information sources and uncovered 123 roadside assistance providers killed by passing vehicles between 2015 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The AAA Foundation said the grim figure dwarfs the approximate 34 noted in national crash data and put the discrepancy down to police crash report forms often recording roadside assistance providers as pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnderstanding the circumstances and causes for fatal crashes involving roadside workers is vital if we are serious about saving lives,\u201d said Dr David Yang, president and executive director of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of these crashes can be avoided if drivers focus on driving and observe the law by slowing down and moving over when they see roadside assistance providers performing their duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The AAA is urging action including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reinforcing the \u2018slow down, move over\u2019 law<\/li>\n<li>Utilizing countermeasures to prevent vehicles from striking workers. The Foundation previously examined vehicle-mounted electronic variable message signs and found them effective at alerting drivers to slow down and move over.<\/li>\n<li>Teaching roadside workers to prioritize work away from traffic and equip them with strategies to avoid harm\u2019s way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly four times more roadside workers are struck and killed than the figure reported, according to a new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Researchers from the organization combed through diverse information sources and uncovered 123 roadside assistance providers killed by passing vehicles between 2015 and 2021. The AAA Foundation said the grim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":14579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}