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Roadworkers are being abused by motorists leading to mental health problems a new government survey has found.
The survey which covered hundreds of staff working for the main firms contracted to carry our maintenance and repair of the roads found one in four said abuse, both verbal and physical has left them with mental health issues.
Two in three said they had been verbally abused, one in ten workers reported they have been abused physically in the last year and one in five said they had something thrown at them.
One worker for BEAR Scotland told of one incident recently.