In the last three years, 465 incidents of road worker abuse have been reported in Birmingham.<br /><br />That’s why organisations and companies that work to improve Birmingham’s roads are launching their new campaign Expect Respect – to urge the public to respect its road workers.<br /><br />The incidents include residents threatening road workers with weapons, such as machetes, crossbows and dogs. A driver threatened to chop off an operative’s head with an electric handsaw unless he was allowed through a closed road. One worker was shot at with a pellet gun, while another regularly receives homophobic abuse.
