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| Safety call for motorway workers | Safety call for motorway workers |
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| Drivers on Scottish roads are being urged to consider how they would like to work with vehicles rushing past at up to 70mph. | Drivers on Scottish roads are being urged to consider how they would like to work with vehicles rushing past at up to 70mph. |
| The Roadworker Respect campaign to safeguard workers from danger and abuse is being run by south of Scotland operators Amey and Bear Scotland. | The Roadworker Respect campaign to safeguard workers from danger and abuse is being run by south of Scotland operators Amey and Bear Scotland. |
| They said that 81% of roadworkers in central and southern Scotland had been abused by motorists. | |
| A spokesman said the incidents included both verbal and physical attacks. | A spokesman said the incidents included both verbal and physical attacks. |
| The figures also showed that 77% of "near misses" recorded at roadworks in 2006/07 in south west Scotland were down to driver behaviour. | The figures also showed that 77% of "near misses" recorded at roadworks in 2006/07 in south west Scotland were down to driver behaviour. |
| The Roadworker Respect initiative is supported by national transport agency Transport Scotland and the RAC Foundation's National Motorway Month campaign. | The Roadworker Respect initiative is supported by national transport agency Transport Scotland and the RAC Foundation's National Motorway Month campaign. |
| Bruce Donaldson from Amey, which maintains trunk roads in central Scotland, said road workers did their job in a place where cars often "whizzed" past at 70mph. | |
| He said: "With 80% of them saying they are abused on a daily or weekly basis, it is unacceptable and something we have to do something about. | |
| "With this campaign we are trying to get drivers to behave themselves. | |
| "Get them to drive carefully, drive safely through the road works and have some respect for our workers." |