Flaggers and detours — Connecticut Permit Test

Flaggers and detours on the Connecticut permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

In work areas a person with a sign or a flag may control traffic, and you must obey them.

A flagger is holding back one direction so the other can pass, and ignoring them puts two streams into one lane.

In work areas, a person with a sign or a flag may control traffic. You must obey these persons.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.51

Flaggers normally wear orange or yellow vests, or yellow-green shirts or jackets, and use stop and slow paddles and red flags to direct traffic through a work zone.

They are dressed to be picked out at distance, because a driver who sees them late has nowhere to stop.

They use STOP/SLOW paddles and red flags to direct traffic through the work zone and to let workers or construction vehicles cross the road.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.51

A detour sign is used at the beginning of an alternate route set up because a road has been closed.

The road you planned on no longer exists for today, and the detour is the state's replacement for it.

This sign is used at the beginning of an alternate route that has been established because a road has been closed.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.51

On the test

Who controls traffic in a work area where there is no signal?

A person with a sign or a flag. A flagger is holding back one direction so the other can pass, and ignoring them puts two streams into one lane. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.51: “In work areas, a person with a sign or a flag may control traffic. You must obey these persons.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Connecticut Driver's Manual, published by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.