Work zone rules ok — Oklahoma Permit Test

In Oklahoma, speeding fines are doubled in a construction or maintenance zone when workers or equipment are present.

A worker hit at speed has no car around them, so the law raises the cost of speeding where they stand.

Speeding fines are doubled in a construction or maintenance zone when workers or equipment are present.

Flashing arrow panels guide you into the proper traffic lane in a work zone.

A closed lane ahead may be hidden by traffic, and the panel tells you early which way to move.

FLASHING ARROW PANELS guide you into the proper traffic lane.

Flagpersons hold signs or flags to direct traffic, and the law demands that you obey them.

The flagperson can see what is ahead, a stopped truck or a closed lane, that you cannot.

They hold red signs or flags to direct traffic. The law demands that you obey them.

When a flagperson instructs you to stop, stop in your lane and don't veer right or left.

Swerving onto a shoulder or into another lane can put you where workers or machines are.

When instructed to stop, stop in your lane. Don’t veer right or left.

After stopping for a flagperson, do not attempt to move forward until the flagperson signals you to go.

The flagperson may be holding you while a machine crosses the road, which you may not be able to see.

Do not attempt to move forward until the flagperson signals you to go.

Channeling devices such as barricades, panels, cones and drums are used to direct traffic flow.

Cones and drums move you away from open holes and workers, even where the lane lines say something else.

Channeling Devices Used to direct traffic flow.

In Oklahoma, failing to obey construction and maintenance signs, signals and markings is a misdemeanor punishable by up to 30 days in jail, a fine, or both.

Ignoring a work-zone sign can steer a car into a crew or a trench, so the law makes it a crime with jail time.

On conviction—misdemeanor punishable by a fine between $100.00 to $1,000.00 and/or up to 30 days in jail plus liability for damage to property and injury or death of another person.

In Oklahoma, failing to obey construction and maintenance signs, signals and markings is punishable by a fine between $100 and $1,000, plus liability for damage to property and injury or death of another person.

A fine that high, and paying for any harm done, is meant to make every driver take work-zone signs seriously.

On conviction—misdemeanor punishable by a fine between $100.00 to $1,000.00 and/or up to 30 days in jail plus liability for damage to property and injury or death of another person.

When are speeding fines doubled in an Oklahoma construction or maintenance zone?

When workers or equipment are present. A worker hit at speed has no car around them, so the law raises the cost of speeding where they stand. Oklahoma Driver Manual, p.23: “Speeding fines are doubled in a construction or maintenance zone when workers or equipment are present.”