America's Road Team offer a series of driving tips to help motorists and truck drivers safely navigate the thousands of work zones soon to be set up across the United States. Without it, a driver won't have time to safely react to a potential hazard. In work zones where one or more lanes of traffic are merging into a single lane, drivers must be extremely cautious of unsafe motorists racing to get ahead of trucks. Drivers should report an absence of signs, or poor signage, to the appropriate highway department.
All drivers have to realize that frustration and inattention can easily lead to crashes.
A split second burst of aggressive driving in a cramped construction zone just isn't worth the often-tragic consequences. We double our following distance. Things change so fast in work areas you need the extra safety cushion to react. This allows cars room for last-second mergers. You never know their next move so always be ready to stop.