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Sponsors propose new education, camera and penalty measures in House Bill 82 to protect highway workers
Summary
House Bill 82 would require driver education to include construction‑zone safety, allow contractors to install speed monitoring devices and flashing lights, increase penalties for violations and require a safety course after a work‑zone offense; sponsors said the measures aim to reduce striking and fatal collisions in Ohio work zones.
Representatives Gary Click and Mark Johnson testified on House Bill 82 that the measure would expand education, reporting and enforcement tools to reduce injuries and deaths in highway work zones.
Sponsors cited state crash and citation data and multiple recent incidents in which maintenance crews and ODOT workers were struck. Representative Gary Click said the bill would require driver's‑education coursework to cover construction‑zone safety and would…
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