Georgia permit test: work zones
Orange signs, flaggers, fines and speed in construction zones. 4 questions.
What does the color orange on road signs mean?
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Sample work zones questions
What does the color orange on road signs mean?
- A A school zone is ahead
- B Road work or construction ahead
- C Services such as gas or food
- D A railroad crossing
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B. Road work or construction ahead
Watch for the color orange: it means road work. Construction and maintenance warning signs are orange with black markings and give you time to adjust your speed.
A flagger in a Georgia work zone signals you to stop, but the speed sign says 45 mph. What should you do?
- A Keep going at 45 mph, since the sign allows it
- B Slow down and go if no workers are in your lane
- C Stop, because a flagger has the authority of a regulatory sign
- D Go around the flagger on the shoulder
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C. Stop, because a flagger has the authority of a regulatory sign
In a Georgia work zone, a flagger has the same authority as a regulatory sign, so you must obey their directions. Flaggers can see hazards you cannot.
What fine can you face in Georgia for disobeying a regulatory speed limit in a work zone?
- A $100 to $2,000, and up to 12 months in jail
- B Up to $50 and 1 point
- C Up to $500, with no jail
- D A warning on the first offense
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A. $100 to $2,000, and up to 12 months in jail
Disobeying regulatory speed limits in a work zone is a high and aggravated misdemeanor with a fine of $100 to $2,000, up to 12 months in jail, or both. Workers may be just feet from your lane.
In a work zone you see a black-and-orange speed sign and a standard black-and-white speed limit sign. Which one is the enforceable limit?
- A The black-and-orange sign
- B Whichever shows the higher speed
- C The black-and-white sign
- D Neither, since work zones have no limits
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C. The black-and-white sign
Advisory speeds in work zones appear on black-and-orange signs used with warning signs. Official speed limit reductions are shown on standard black-and-white speed limit signs, and those are the enforceable limits.