National Work Zone Awareness Week

April 15-19, 2024

April 15-19

NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK

NCAST is partnering with Flagger Force to spread awareness about National Work Zone Awareness Week. NWZAW is an annual spring campaign held throughout the United States at the start of the construction season to encourage safe driving through work zones.

As the leading traffic control company in the eastern United States, Flagger Force has supported this important awareness campaign for close to a decade alongside departments of transportation, clients, and industry partners.

Slow Down

The majority of work zone accidents are caused by excessive speed. Make sure you are traveling at the posted zone speed to be safe.

Avoid Distractions

Work zones can be unpredictable. While a driver should never be distracted, make sure the driver in your vehicle is focused on their task.

Obey All Signs

Signs, flaggers and patience are the keys to navigating work areas safely. Observing these advance warnings will keep you informed of upcomig hazards.

ROBERT

CARRIE

JASON

Our workforce has seen it all while in active work zones. Unsafe driving practices can cause potential harm to drivers, other community members, and those who work in the construction area. Everyone wants to arrive home safely each day, so let’s work together to reduce incidents in work zones.

STAY ALERT, STAY ALIVE

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THE NCAST Vision

All North Carolinians getting where they are going safely.

While North Carolina has a dynamic community of issue-specific transportation safety advocates, what was missing was one organization with expertise in conducting high-impact public communications efforts, providing effective grassroots and grasstops citizen engagement, and serving to champion public policies that promote better behaviors to combat perils to safety across all forms and manner of transportation.

The North Carolina Alliance for Safe Transportation (NCAST) was created to be that organization, with one goal in mind: reduce the number of transportation-related crashes, injuries and fatalities in North Carolina.

A major focus of NCAST is promoting awareness of safety issues specific to younger motorists.

Teen drivers are especially at risk on the roads, with vehicle crashes the leading cause of death in America among those under 21.

The inexperience and impulsiveness of teen drivers is a significant reason for their high crash rates, making important the safety features of the vehicles they drive as well as getting plenty of supervised driving practice.

The NCAST Mission

To drive behaviors that promote and encourage safe use of North Carolina’s transportation network.