Oh of cause to be sure their only doing a job....
They drove to the site too so its a fair chance they may number in the stupid drivers que too.
Why do they get killed? Because they set up in inappropriat locations hidden from long range view, They turn their backs on the traffic, They set their work station in locations that offer no easy fast egress should they need ie within the confines of concrete barriers they have no hope of scaling.
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Yep, I've seen all that too
I wouldn't argue that they aren't included in the numbers of stupid drivers, and I'm sure that there have been and will continue to be situations where they probably contribute to their own deaths, but there are plenty of examples where no matter what mitigating actions they could have taken, the inattentive dumbarse behind the wheel would still have killed them, and other drivers in the queue doing the right thing.
The representation of idiots might seem high at some worksites, but I'd bet that it would be higher amongst all the drivers passing through it, including some professionals who should know better.
Around here, contractors look after roadwork sites, not the councils, and whilst they maybe don't always get it right, more often than not it's the impatient idiot behind the wheel who makes these worksites more dangerous than they should be. My main beef about worksites is that whilst they say workzone speed limits are enforced, they never seem to be, as there are no shortage of idiots that simply can't wait to get around everyone in front of them, once they've gone past the lollipop person. Sometimes, it's funny to watch when there are many of them at the same time; sort of like a game of who's the biggest dickhead to get to the front first!
