Maine driving lesson · Right-of-Way, Signals, Signs and Markings
Railroad crossing and work zone signs
A 3-minute lesson from the Maine course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Trains can't stop or swerve, and work zones put people on the road. Their signs have their own shapes and colors: round yellow and white X-shaped signs for rail crossings, orange signs for work zones.
A round yellow warning sign with an "X" and black "RR" tells you to slow down, look and listen for a train or railroad vehicle, and be prepared to stop.
The number of tracks may be posted, but not every multi-track crossing has this sign, so always look for more than one track, train or railroad vehicle.
Work zone signs are orange, diamond or rectangular, with black letters or symbols. They warn of workers, reduced speed, detours, slow road machinery or surface changes.
Workers aheadFlagger aheadOne lane road aheadDetour
Know the rule
You must do as a flagger directs. Barriers keep you out of closed roads and danger areas. At a short-term traffic signal, stop at the white line if there is one.
Traffic backs up just past a railroad crossing, and the car ahead stops with its rear bumper just past the tracks. Wait behind the stop line before the tracks until there's room for your whole car on the far side.
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.
What color are work zone signs, typically?
Blue with white symbols
White background with green symbols
Orange with black symbols
Yellow with red symbols
Answer: Orange with black symbols
Work zone signs are orange diamond or rectangular shapes with black letters or symbols.
