Oregon driving lesson · Buses, Railroads & Special Situations
Work Zones and Stopped Vehicles
A 3-minute lesson from the Oregon course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Workers and emergency crews often stand just feet from moving traffic. Oregon requires you to move over for stopped vehicles with flashing lights, doubles fines in work zones, and keeps work zone speed limits in force whether or not you see workers.
Know the rule
On a road with two or more lanes going your direction, if you approach any motor vehicle stopped with lights flashing, change lanes so you don't drive next to it. You may also slow down to at least 5 mph under the posted limit. Give it as much room as safely possible.
An area defined by orange traffic control devices where workers and construction equipment may be close to traffic. Orange signs warn what's ahead; orange cones guide you away from construction.
At 9 p.m. you enter a highway work zone posted at 45 mph. The crews have gone home. The 45 mph limit still applies until you pass an End Work Zone Speed Limit sign or another speed sign — and any ticket fine is doubled.
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.
