Flaggers and devices — Vermont Permit Test
Flaggers and devices on the Vermont permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A flagger uses stop and slow paddles, or sometimes orange flags, to guide traffic through a work zone. A flagger has the legal authority to control traffic and must be obeyed.
The flagger can see the whole site, and they are standing where the signs cannot say what is happening right now.
A flagger has the legal authority to control traffic and must be obeyed.
Cones, drums and barricades are used in work zones to keep traffic out of hazardous roadwork areas and to guide it safely through.
A cone is not a suggestion. What is on the other side of it is the reason the work zone exists.
Cones, drums, and barricades are often used in work zones to keep traffic out of hazardous roadwork areas and to guide traffic safely through the work zone.
A flashing arrow panel guides drivers into the correct lane. When the arrows are not in use the panel goes into caution mode, with a straight line of blinking lights or blinking lights on the 4 corners.
Caution mode means there is no lane to move into yet, so the instruction is simply to slow down.
Drivers should slow down when they see the panels in “caution” mode.
Work zones may have temporary pavement markings. White markers or lines separate lanes going the same way and yellow markers or lines separate opposite directions, so the yellow should be on your left.
In a work zone the old paint may still be visible, so the color of the markers is what tells you where you are.
The yellow markings will be on your left-- if they are not, you are in the wrong lane.
On the test
What authority does a flagger in a Vermont work zone have?
The legal authority to control traffic, and must be obeyed. The flagger can see the whole site, and they are standing where the signs cannot say what is happening right now. 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, p.36: “A flagger has the legal authority to control traffic and must be obeyed.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against 2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, published by the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pdf (2025 Vermont Driver's Manual, form VN-007, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/VT.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 1, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)