But a few more orange cones would make them more visible?
It's daylight. This is not an area where snow is unusual.
Even if they had a 'road work ahead' sign beyond that small rise in the topography, most drivers treat the upcoming cones, barriers, and closed lane as some sort of obstacle they need to beat other traffic to, preferably without spilling their coffee or dropping the cell phone they are texting on.
They don't read or heed the effing signs.
(Although if there is some legal requirement to have different or more signage, the utility worker should have put them up) {so the dumbarses can run over them and still whine and sue, but you would lessen your liability} (somewhat)
If they're going too fast to avoid the utility truck with lights and orange cones ahead, they're going too fast. Period. If you noticed, not every car that passes through there magically slid off the road.
The only real crime i see is the black truck that rear ended the VW, and kept going.
I hope the 'cam guy' gets lots of orange cones for christmas.