“Stay off the gas pedal and put the phone down when you are in a work zone”

The message in the above story headline probably can’t be stressed enough.  It was a message that Brian Turmail brought from Washington to Columbia yesterday, on behalf of the Associated General Contractors of America, (Arlington, Va.) Crashes inside highway work zones are occurring too frequently.  For example, 24% of South Carolina contractors experienced a crash that injured workers.  101.7/WGOG NEWS will have an indepth look at yesterday’s Columbia event, timed for motorists to take heed as they get ready to hit the open road for summer vacations.