"WATCH OUT DRIVERS"

TENNESSEE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

TIn some cases Troopers are paid overtime to protect these  construction areas

http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/information-office/const.htm

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TIn Tennessee there may be an increased fine for SPEEDING  in Construction zones! If areas are properly signed, marked and workers are present.

Every year hundreds of construction workers are either killed or seriously injured because of negligent drivers !

S L O W   D O W N !!

"Tennessee Highway Patrol "

is watching you

** A murder is commited every 22 minutes

*Someone dies in a car crash every 14 minutes

*An aggravated assault takes place every 30 seconds

*Someone is injured in a car crash every 11 seconds

*Violent crimes cost society over 14 billion a year

*Traffic crashes cost society over 74 billion a year

State of Michigan enacts tough penalties to protect construction workers!!

Michigan is getting tough on drivers who endanger construction workers. Under a new law, effective Oct. 1, 2001, a driver who injures a construction worker in a work zone faces up to a year in prison. A driver who kills a worker could get up to 15 years. Signs will be posted to warn drivers of the new law. The Detroit Free Press reported that supporters call the new law, Andy's Law, in honor of construction worker Andrew Lefko, who was severely injured by a drunk driver in 1999. The driver served 45 days in jail.