Highway Safety

J-TECH VP delivers remarks during Work Zone Safety Awareness Week

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PennDOT takes pride in considering safety top priority

On April 10, 2019 J-Tech Highway Safety Vice President and American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) Pennsylvania Chapter President Jason Rohrer joined Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary Leslie S. Richards to honor lives lost in the line of duty and highlight the statewide workers’ memorial.

J-Tech is completely committed to making roads safer work places and was honored to be a part if the memorial as part of national Work Zone Safety Awareness Week, which runs through April 6-12.

“PennDOT takes pride in considering safety top priority,” Richards said. “Any fatality that happens on our roadways is one too many, so we continue to raise awareness while also honoring the fallen.”

Since 1970, 89 PennDOT employees have died in the line of duty.

“As a nationwide partner in highway safety, ATSSA represents industry professionals in many focus areas including pavement marking, traffic services and signals,” said Rohrer whose company J-Tech Highway Safety manufactures, sells and services rolling equipment to make roadway work operations of all sizes safer.

During the event, Richards unveiled a display that honors the PennDOT’s fallen employees and will serve as a permanent worker memorial at the department’s headquarters in Harrisburg.

Pennsylvania law states that anyone violating the posted speed limit by more than 5 mph will face doubled fines. The fine is determined based on the amount the driver is traveling over the speed limit. Governor Tom Wolf signed a law in 2016, that says any driver who causes serious bodily injury within a work zone could face up to $5,000 in fines and a six-month license suspension.

A driver causing a death within a work zone would face up to a $10,000 fine and one-year license suspension. In addition, drivers who don’t turn on their headlights in posted work zones face a $25 fine.