Traffic Cones

I've been on the road quite a bit this week, and one thing I've seen quite a bit of are traffic cones, more specifically green ones and even blue ones. What a rarity? Do these cones have a different status or superiority over the others? Is there a shortage and these cones are out there supervising? Bright and sturdy, they spend their days guarding the roadside; while at night they stand on ceremony to guard the roadside. Do they ever get a break? Offen, there's groups of traffic cones with no roadworks to patrol. It's quite possible that these cones have been left behind; but at least they're in a group so that they can huddle together for mutual support, even if it's one cone behind the other. It's the singular cone that gets left behind that I feel sorry for. How long do they wait to be collected by their masters, or have they been abondoned and forgotten about? I wonder how many traffic cones actually exist? And what happens when they go astray, whether kicked aside, run over or made into a party hat?