For a highway construction worker, focusing on the job is easier when someone is watching your back. On many roads, that person is the flagger, whose stop/slow sign helps maintain a peaceful, safe ...

Q: It is pretty obvious that when a flagger puts up a stop or slow-down sign, we are expected, if not required, to obey. Is this based on some Pennsylvania statute, or is it merely customary? More ...

A Harrisburg-area man accused of hitting a PennDOT flagger last month that caused serious injuries before driving away was arrested Monday, according to police. Dawson Adam Smith, 19, called Silver ...

Massachusetts has saved nearly $12 million in the year-plus since it started using civilian flaggers to direct traffic at some road construction sites, state officials say, providing factual ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The diamond-shaped orange caution signs as you approach them still show a silhouette of a human worker holding a flag, and maybe they always will. But increasingly, the ...

A new report by a government watchdog group says the state is throwing away tens of millions of dollars each year by failing to set up a civilian flagger program that is a viable alternative to police ...

A work zone flagger was rushed to the hospital this week after being hit by a car in Fayette County. It happened along West Crawford Avenue in Dunbar Township. State police said the driver, identified ...

Southwestern Oregon Community College is hosting traffic control flagger training classes at its Coos Bay and Brookings campuses next week. Classes begin Monday in Brookings and Saturday in Coos Bay.

Surrey’s Jolene James has seen some crazy sights in the four years she’s worked as a flagger for Imperial Paving. “I saw a girl driving and painting her toenails once. Her foot was up on the dash ...