Every day, roadside construction workers face life-threatening risks from unpredictable driving and hazardous working conditions. Per The Construction Association, last year alone, 60% of highway construction firms reported having at least one car crash into their work zones and 30% experienced crashes resulting in injury to workers. Ranger Construction, a Florida-based road building and asphalt production contractor, understands this problem on a deeply personal level. In 2023, one of Ranger’s workers was tragically killed after a hit-and-run involving a speeding driver. That incident inspired Ranger to seek out non-traditional, tech-powered road safety measures to better protect its workers on the job. Driven by this critical industry need, SmartCone and Samsung Business came together to create RoadDefender — a smart safety solution that combines motion sensors and AI-powered traffic analysis with wearable technology to give roadside workers real-time awareness of potential dange...