Workers Ahead sign
Work zone signs

Workers Ahead sign

People are working on or beside the roadway ahead.

How to recognise it

This sign is a diamond stood on its point in orange, used only for temporary work zones. Orange means people are working on or near the road. Fines are typically doubled in an active work zone, which is exactly the kind of detail permit tests like to ask about.

What the test wants you to know

Where workers are present, expect narrowed lanes, sudden stops and equipment entering the road. Following distance should go up, not down.

Practise it

Reading about a sign is not the same as recognising it in half a second with an examiner watching. Every state road signs test on this site shows the sign and asks you to name it, then shows four faces and asks you to pick the right one.

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