Message boards — Connecticut Permit Test

Message boards on the Connecticut permit test — 2 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Portable and permanent message boards along the highway may carry information about traffic, road, weather or other hazardous conditions.

They carry what no printed sign can: what is wrong with this road today rather than what is always true of it.

You may see portable or permanent message boards along the highway.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.52

You must always obey any directions posted on a highway message board.

The board is showing a closure or a hazard that the fixed signs know nothing about, and it outranks them.

Always obey any directions posted on these message boards.

Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.52

On the test

What do highway message boards carry information about?

Traffic, road and weather conditions. They carry what no printed sign can: what is wrong with this road today rather than what is always true of it. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.52: “You may see portable or permanent message boards along the highway.”

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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.