A 3-minute lesson from the Florida course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Work zones and drawbridges change the road without warning. Orange signs, cones and flaggers guide you through construction. Drawbridges have their own lights and gates for when the span opens for boats.
Know the rule
In construction and maintenance areas, be ready to slow down and use caution when a sign, flagger or officer tells you to. Failing to do so is illegal and endangers workers.
Barricades, vertical panels, drums and cones that warn of dangerous conditions in work zones. Their stripes slope downward in the direction traffic must go.
Many drawbridges have gates with flashing red lights and bells. Stop when the lights start flashing, before the gate lowers. Driving around or under a gate, whether down or moving, is illegal.
Approaching a drawbridge, you see the flashing yellow signal. The bridge is operating. Slow down and prepare to stop at the stop line, and never try to beat the gate.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Channeling devices in a construction zone include:
Traffic lights only
Only orange cones
Barricades, vertical panels, drums, and cones
Painted lane lines only
Answer: Barricades, vertical panels, drums, and cones
Channeling devices include barricades, vertical panels, drums, and cones that alert drivers of unusual conditions.
