Work Zone Awareness Week in Tennessee

April 12, 2022

This is Work Zone Awareness Week in Tennessee, and with pothole repairs on interstate projects ongoing, TDOT is using this week to urge drivers to use more caution on the roadways.

According to TDOT in 2021, more than 4,000 crashes happened in work zones on Tennessee roads, that number went up from 2020 when there were 3,700 crashes that occurred in work zones.

Tennessee drivers can face a fine of up to $500 and a possible 30 days in jail for failing to slow down or move over for emergency vehicles, including TDOT maintenance trucks.

Lucky Knott

One of Southern Tennessee's most experienced and recognized news broadcasters and play-by-play sportscasters. News and Sports Director for Rooster 101.5 FM, 93.9 The Duck and Whiskey Country 105.1, and 95.9. He is currently the play-by-play voice of the Coffee County Red Raiders (31 years) on The Rooster 101.5 and can be heard M-F broadcasting our local news. Lucky has done play-by-play for 3,993 (and counting) sports events on Radio & TV. He also served four years as the Public Information Officer for the Coffee Co. Sheriff's Dept. and taught Radio/TV for six years at Grundy County High School.