It's the time of year when road construction is underway and traffic flaggers are working to get you home safely.
Last week, a flagger was struck on Sooke Road and Luxton Avenue while trying to stop a vehicle travelling through the construction zone.
It's becoming an all too familiar occurrence according to Tammy Sampson, founder of the BC Flagging Association.
"Traffic control people are the boots on the ground, they are the front-liners of most constructions sites out on the roads. Sooke Road was a very unfortunate incident and that traffic control person is so very lucky to still have her life.”
During an investigation following the collision with the flagger, police ticketed a passing motorist who was hurling insults at the traffic controllers.
Sampson says there is something all flaggers learn in their training, that is useful for motorists to know. Flaggers are taught to make eye contact with motorists.
"It exudes confidence and it allows the traffic control person to know and understand that you have seen them and that you are paying attention to them."
The flagger was transported to hospital with non, life-threatening injuries and the collision remains under investigation by the West Shore RCMP Traffic Unit and WorkSafe BC.