Thursday, June 07, 2007
A cure for road rage: close road - L.A. Times
Motorists angry at construction delays threatened road workers and damaged equipment. Also, flagmen have been attacked in what officials describe as bizarre incidents of road rage. Two workers were hit by cars and a third was shot with a BB gun. Now in an unprecedented response to ill will, Caltrans has announced it will close a portion of the highway beginning Monday to complete the project.
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The highway project is a modest attempt to improve safety on the mostly two-lane route long known by locals as "Blood Alley" and "California Deathway" because of the number of accidents.
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They were cursed at and had objects, including a burrito, flung at them. Other workers' equipment was sabotaged. One motorist threatened to climb a water tower and shoot workers with a high-powered rifle ... But since last fall, three workers have been physically attacked or otherwise harmed by motorists. In the first incident, last September, a driver refused to stop ... "Other flagmen told him he wasn't permitted through and he said, 'I'm not waiting. I'm not going back,' and just floored it." ... In late November, on the 138 at the landmark known as Mormon Rock, an elderly woman in a van drove through the site, striking another flagman and breaking his back. ...
Motorists angry at construction delays threatened road workers and damaged equipment. Also, flagmen have been attacked in what officials describe as bizarre incidents of road rage. Two workers were hit by cars and a third was shot with a BB gun. Now in an unprecedented response to ill will, Caltrans has announced it will close a portion of the highway beginning Monday to complete the project.
...
The highway project is a modest attempt to improve safety on the mostly two-lane route long known by locals as "Blood Alley" and "California Deathway" because of the number of accidents.
...
They were cursed at and had objects, including a burrito, flung at them. Other workers' equipment was sabotaged. One motorist threatened to climb a water tower and shoot workers with a high-powered rifle ... But since last fall, three workers have been physically attacked or otherwise harmed by motorists. In the first incident, last September, a driver refused to stop ... "Other flagmen told him he wasn't permitted through and he said, 'I'm not waiting. I'm not going back,' and just floored it." ... In late November, on the 138 at the landmark known as Mormon Rock, an elderly woman in a van drove through the site, striking another flagman and breaking his back. ...
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