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Cone Zone / work zones
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All recordings feature Cone Zone campaign spokesperson Trace Acres. Full transcriptions accompany each clip.
Transcription: “The Cone Zone campaign is important because people who work at the roadside are being killed or seriously injured by vehicles being driven carelessly or too quickly through roadside work zones.”
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Transcription: “Normally when we think of roadside workers, we think of construction workers, but there’s a very long list of individuals who may find themselves in roadside work zones: Emergency personnel, utility workers, city workers, landscapers, tow operators. Even truck drivers who may have to pull over to secure a load or chain up. They are all roadside workers. They all deserve our respect, and they all deserve to go home safe at the end of their workday.”
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Transcription: “Slowing down and paying attention in work zones not only keeps roadside workers safe, but it helps keep you and your passengers safe as well. You may be going from a 4-lane road down to a 2-lane road. You may be encountering narrow roads and shoulders, and you may be going past a zone where there’s a lot of equipment working. So you need to stay focused, pay attention, slow down and that’ll keep you as safe as well as those working at the roadside.”
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Transcription: “BC has what’s called the Slow Down Move Over law and that requires drivers, when they encounter a roadside work zone where there are lights flashing — and those could be blue or red lights, amber lights, or white lights — they must slow down and if possible move over into the left lane to give those workers as much room as possible to do their job.”
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Transcription: “Whenever you see anyone working on the side of the road — and that could be emergency personnel, it could be construction workers, could be utility workers — the law requires you to slow down, pay attention to any traffic devices or traffic control personnel, and avoid distractions. Leave your phone alone.”
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Transcription: “When you’re passing any roadside work zone, slow down, pay attention, stay off your phones, and obey signs and the directions of traffic control persons.”
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Transcription: “For many thousands of British Columbians, the roadside is their workplace — their office, if you will. And just like the rest of us, they deserve to work safely and get home to their families at the end of the day.”
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Photos
Photos and other images suitable for online use can be reviewed and downloaded at Cone Zone campaign resources.
Shift into Winter
Audio clips (MP3 format)
All recordings feature Shift into Winter campaign spokesperson Trace Acres. Full transcriptions accompany each clip.
Transcription: “Not surprisingly, we see an increase in work-related crashes resulting in injury and time off work during the winter months. For example, between November and January, the monthly average is 27% higher than the rest of the year.”
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Transcription: “The safest trip you make may be the one you don’t make. If conditions are really treacherous, postpone your trip if you can, and wait until conditions improve.”
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Transcription: “Slow down and drive to the road conditions. Give yourself lots of time and space to react. Look ahead and keep at least 4 seconds of distance between you and the car in front of you.”
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Transcription: “Even the most experienced drivers have not driven in winter conditions for a number of months, and they can’t predict how their vehicle or other vehicles are going to react in snow or on ice.”
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Transcription: “Legal winter tires are the ones displaying the 3-peak mountain and snowflake symbol or the M + S symbol on the side wall, and they have to be in good condition. At least 3.5 millimeters of tread depth.”
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Transcription: “Even areas that don’t get much snow still see low temperatures during the winter. And winter tires provide better traction and stopping distance at low temperatures, as well as in snow and on ice.”
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Transcription: “The Shift into Winter campaign is a joint provincial initiative. It’s managed by Road Safety at Work and supported by the more than 20 private and public organizations that make up the Winter Driving Safety Alliance.”
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Photos
Photos and other images suitable for online use can be reviewed and downloaded at Shift into Winter campaign resources.