Officials urge drivers to take extra caution in work zones [Video]

(WWJ) — Springtime means warmer weather, blooming flowers and the start of baseball season. But in Michigan, it also means orange construction barrels.

As road construction season starts to ramp up, officials are reminding drivers to take extra caution when driving through work zones.

Monday marks the beginning of National Work Zone Awareness Week and officials want drivers to make safety their top priority in construction zones.

Craig Bryson with the Road Commission for Oakland County says there are two common occurrences that lead to workers being put in danger.

“No. 1 is distraction — people looking at their phones, or their radio, or the other direction — or people — we had this problem in a big way last year — people just get impatient, they don’t want to wait, they get angry. We had a driver last year, literally ran into, intentionally, one of our flaggers because he …