If your car has ever broken down on the side of the interstate, you know the horrifying feeling of having to sit while cars zip past you.
For many emergency roadside responders, that happens every day. It is a dangerous job that lawmakers say does not have to be – and legislators are doing something to make it safer.
Video of roadside responders with AAA shows cars flying past workers from just feet away. "Just within the month of July alone we saw, within just AAA network of contractors, two fatalities," said Nick Jarmusz, AAA director of public affairs.
"We’re looking at not just the enhanced penalties, but also prevention and what we can do to advise people that they need to do in these emergency zones – establish these emergency zones," said State Rep. Amy Loudenbeck (R-Clinton).