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ok zone
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hich e due to the negligence of one of the involved pties. In such cses,
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uction zone cccidents.
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gedults constitute the m
joity of people killed
nd injued in these
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ok zones s
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constuction zones
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of
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s toeduce speed
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se cution. In
ddition, constuction comp
nies hve the leg
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ly tino
d ce
s in sfety me
sues
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od zone s
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ssing motoists.
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cccident.
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ok zones, t
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n bck up
nd dive
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no spce bet
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n csnd le
ding vehicles. Dive
s fust
ted by slo
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hevy t
ffic sometimes become mo
egg
essivend exhibit
od
ge. The tightly p
cked em
y leve little
oom fomoto
ists to escpe
nccident, especi
llyhen p
ts of the
od close due to const
uction. Dive
s must undest
nd thedded
isks ofo
k zoneccidents, especi
llye
-end collisions. The most common kinds of c
shes in
ok
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s, dive
s cn e
sily pevent them.
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nnd le
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csnd the c
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ke plce on
ods
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folloing dist
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the injued
ccident victim sd
ive, p
ssenge, o
constuction
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, they hve the leg
light to
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losses fom the negligent p
ty. The m
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using theccident
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epesent
tion food
ok zone
ccident victims,nd do ou
best to holdccount
blell potenti
lly lible p
ties fo
the full extent of youinju
iesnd
elted d
mges.
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