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Comments from Paul Anstee

of Slow Down Move Over

Comments towards road
side safety for Operators TWITTER
and Workers

Reading the information, it @SDMO_UK Sad news came in this evening of a HATO vehicle has been hit
doesn’t cover the need to bring fending off a recovery vehicle on the M6 J7 (not sure what to say) I have been
told everyone involved is okay! We believe that the HATO person has gone in
awareness to all vehicle users to hospital but not thought to be anything serious.
that they need to acknowledge
the situation in front of them,
slow down to a safe speed,
check the surrounding, once
safe, move over by indicating
and make space whilst passing
Since June 2016 I the road worker or hazard
took it upon myself to (common sense that seems to
work towards bringing be missing).
awareness about rescue The fundamental changes
and recovery operators that have happened in the last
working at the roadside. 25 years is local industry has them so why should anyone
Paul Anstee, slow down despaired and work migration we zone out due to working take notice of them? With all
has become the normality. We
long hours and this is where
move over campaign. used to live to work because it can be dangerous to road the road structure changes all
the cost of living was affordable workers because they are not you see is yellow lights for miles
against the wages and living in the “norm” to the journey so again when someone sees
Image:
Slow Down taxes etc! Now we have to whilst your zoned out as the a vehicle using yellow lights no-
Move over work to live to put food on the vehicles are quieter and more one takes a blind bit of notice.
campaign,
bringing table and with migration to work comfortable. (It doesn’t help that some
awareness we have become inert to our companies tow with their yellow
about our
recovery surroundings to the distances Also, the other problem is lights flashing when there is no
operators. we are travelling. It becomes yellow flashing lights. Everyone need as they are not a hazard
the norm each day, so we no can use them and everywhere to the road when moving).
longer take in the journey, so you look someone is misusing

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