Stuff like this . . . I’ll bet the driver of the car was speeding in a construction zone. In PA, he should have been doing no more than 45 mph, their standard work zone speed limit.
I’m glad I don’t speed in construction zones anymore.
I take Rt.202 to work just outside Philly, and people go 90 through construction zones. 0530 Philly people routinely go 100mph on 202 & 76.
Absolutely, in the turnpike rest stops, there are signs that show a construction worker in the roadside, with two bullets stating - if you hit me at under 45 MPH I might live with a few broken bones, but you over 45 MPH you take my life, or words to that effect.
If the two in the car were flown to hospitals they must have been in pretty bad shape. They don’t start those choppers up for broken legs.
He must have been flying low in order to kill a person on a backhoe. Backhoe operator might have been thrown off.
One person dead and two others in unknown conditions because someone was in a hurry.
Speed limits are posted for a reason.
Caution rarely causes death.
I drive 78 to 81 to Virginia every other week. There are construction zones all across Pennsylvania.
I drive through the zones at 45 mph, and it adds about eight minutes to a five hour trip. Small price to pay.