I am driving home the other day, thru yet another "road construction" site.  Its annoying cause it causes a huge backup, and its not putting in rail, which atlanta needs more of desperately.  They will shutter roads for months, years, to add more roads. (Lather rinse repeat.)

So I am cruising thru the orange cones, finally, and like a deer at night, this construction dude walks out from nowhere in front of my SUV.  Lucky for him I was not changing podcasts or dialing on my phone, I hit the brakes and swerve around him.

And a thought, instead of a person, strikes me.  We see those signs "293 accidents and 18 fatility on highway workers this year, please drive slowly" - - on many road construction sites.

Hey, I have an idea, don't walk out in front of traffic?

But it gets better.

The guy is wearing, and I am not making this up, camoflage.  RealTree mossy oak - don't ask how I know.  And he happened to have a woods background, before he was jumping in front of my car. 

Freaking Camo.  Now I know generally speaking road sites don't look like woods - but camo is used to break up outlines, like the freaky painted ships of WWII.  And it works.

I am very glad I didn't hit the guy.  But a LOT of highway and roadworkers wear camo, cause its cheap, wears well, and hey, dockers don't really fit in with the beer at noon crowd.

Camo. Wow.