Work zone rules — Kentucky Permit Test

A Kentucky driver always reduces speed in a work zone, even if there are no workers, because narrower lanes and rough pavement create a hazardous condition.

The lane itself is the hazard, and it is there whether anyone is working or not.

Always reduce your speed in a work zone, even if there are no workers.

Kentucky law allows fines to be doubled in a highway work zone when signs inform drivers of the zone and that fines are doubled, and at least one bona fide worker must be present.

Both conditions have to be met, which is why the signs are so specific.

Note that Kentucky law allows for fines to be doubled in a highway work zone when signs are displayed informing drivers of the existence of a highway work zone and that fines are double in it. Additionally, at least one (1) bona fide worker must by present.

Kentucky fines for speeding in a work zone are doubled.

The doubled fine is the state's way of saying a work zone is different from the rest of the road.

Fines for speeding in a work zone are doubled.

Approximately 40,000 people per year are injured as a result of motor vehicle crashes in work zones.

Forty thousand is the reason the signs and the doubled fines exist.

Approximately 40,000 people per year are injured as a result of motor vehicle crashes in work zones.

A Kentucky driver observes posted work zone signs until they see End Road Work.

The zone is not over where the cones thin out. It is over where the sign says so.

Observe the posted work zone signs until you see “End Road Work.”

In a Kentucky work zone traffic may be controlled by a person with a sign or flag, and a driver must follow their instructions.

The flagger is a traffic control device in law, so their instruction outranks the signs.

In work zones, traffic may be controlled by a person with a sign or flag to tell you which direction to travel or to slow down or stop. You must follow their instructions.

Kentucky work zone barriers such as drums, cones and tubes keep traffic out of hazardous areas and may keep drivers from entering closed roads.

The plastic drum is not decoration. It marks the edge of a hole somebody could drive into.

Barriers, such as drums, cones, and tubes (panels), are used to keep traffic out of hazardous work zones.

A Kentucky driver who sees a warning sign showing a traffic signal symbol in a work zone stops at the white line if one is present.

Temporary signals appear where there was nothing yesterday, which is why the sign comes first.

Temporary traffic signals may be used in work zones. You may see a warning sign showing a symbol of a traffic signal. Stop at the white line, if present.

A Kentucky driver in a work zone adjusts their lane position to allow space for workers and construction vehicles.

A few feet of space is what stands between a worker and the traffic.

Adjust your lane position to allow space for workers and construction vehicles.

Kentucky tells drivers to use extreme caution when driving through a work zone at night, whether workers are present or not.

At night the cones and the narrowed lane arrive with far less warning.

Use extreme caution when driving through a work zone at night whether workers are present or not.

Kentucky tells drivers to give construction workers a brake by reducing speed in work zones, being prepared to stop suddenly and not tailgating.

Tailgating in a work zone leaves no room for the sudden stop the zone is likely to produce.

Do not tailgate in work zones.

What does Kentucky say about speed in a work zone with no workers present?

Always reduce speed, because the lanes and pavement are hazardous. The lane itself is the hazard, and it is there whether anyone is working or not. Kentucky Driver Manual, p.69: “Always reduce your speed in a work zone, even if there are no workers.”