Along with the July sun and January cold, traffic can be the bane of highway workers’ existence. Flaggers directing traffic in work zones have an especially dangerous job, since they are charged with ...

Massachusetts has saved nearly $12 million in the year-plus since it started using civilian flaggers to direct traffic at some road construction sites, state officials say, providing factual ...

Q: It is pretty obvious that when a flagger puts up a stop or slow-down sign, we are expected, if not required, to obey. Is this based on some Pennsylvania statute, or is it merely customary? More ...

A new report by a government watchdog group says the state is throwing away tens of millions of dollars each year by failing to set up a civilian flagger program that is a viable alternative to police ...

A traffic flagger in Huntersville, North Carolina, was sucker-punched by a driver while directing traffic in a construction zone, and the incident was caught on video.Caleb Johnson said he waved his ...

WORKERS AND ALSO MOTORISTS SAFE. IN NOVEMBER, A FLAGGER WAS STRUCK AND SERIOUSLY INJURED. WE SPOKE WITH SHARON DOWNING AND SHE SAYS HER DAUGHTER APRIL WAS HIT WHILE WORKING AN OVERNIGHT SHIFT ON ...

Southwestern Oregon Community College is hosting traffic control flagger training classes at its Coos Bay and Brookings campuses next week. Classes begin Monday in Brookings and Saturday in Coos Bay.

When you drive by a construction site in Massachusetts, you probably notice a police officer directing traffic. That's despite Massachusetts becoming the last state in the nation, in 2008, to allow ...