OHP at road construction

[cw821]

I'm sure you see it a lot. OHP hanging out at road construction. Can anyone explain why this isn't a huge waste of resources? I travel I-40 a lot over the Canadian River bridge. Nine out of 10 times I drive by, there's one hanging out. Ninety percent of that time, he has his head buried in his phone.

 

[chazroh]

They watch movies when they sit there.

 

[Fredkrueger100]

I have wondered the same thing. I wish I had a job where I got paid to sit there and play on my phone.

 

[ARnut]

If i remember correctly it is one of their days off and get paid so much to sit there. Their presence alone generally slows people down.

 

[Shoot Summ]

Hopefully the guys that are there are off duty being paid for by the contractor.

Or they are on duty being paid for by the contractor...

 

[dennishoddy]

Wonder if they are off duty and being hired by the contractor to sit there with lights flashing to slow some of the fast drivers down going through the construction zones?

 

[ronny]

I have wondered the same thing. I wish I had a job where I got paid to sit there and play on my phone.

And, get shot at every once in a while.

 

[davek]

They aren't there for fun. They're in place to influence idiots to slow down and maybe save a life or two of the construction workers that get killed by reckless drivers all too often.

 

[yukonjack]

Wonder if they are off duty and being hired by the contractor to sit there with lights flashing to slow some of the fast drivers down going through the construction zones?

You see this a lot on the east & west coast. It's a cost that is built into the contracts. In northern British Columbia & the Yukon they usually have an employee with the flagging company that does this. I've even seem them chase down speeders in construction zones, block the road with heavy equipment and then everyone has to sit there for hours until the RCMP shows up.

 

[sleeperx4]

They're off duty and being paid by contractor. Don't know if contractor has to pick up fuel cost for them to sit there idling though.