I have several friends in the blacktop/concrete paving field.
Most 20 plus years.
Mike has been hit multiple times by idiots while flagging traffic .
It's amazing he hasn't been severely injured.
He keeps a 2×4 or a 2lb hammer usually handy one woman looked him dead in the eyes and sped up trying to hit him he sent a 2x4 through her windshield and she finally slowed down.
Chris was hit a few time's he quit and runs heavy equipment now.
It's a very dangerous job working heavy highways.
Whether it be a operator or flagman.
Idiots have driven around barriers and totaled their vehicles running into equipment or missing pavement.
An older woman died several years ago she drove right onto a new bridge without a deck.
Several drivers have taken a beating from construction workers lol
Cell phone's have made it more dangerous.