Indiana Work Zone Laws

How Indiana handles work zones

Indiana skips doubling for a fixed schedule: at least $300 first, $500 second, $1,000 third within three years (IC 9-21-5-11). The posted worksite limit sits at least 10 mph under normal and is enforceable with or without workers when the agency decides safety demands it. Indiana's Safe Zones cameras mail a warning, then $75 and $150 tickets, at 11+ over with a crew present. A statewide hands-free law bans holding a phone, and recklessly blowing past a flagger with workers present is a Class A misdemeanor (IC 9-21-8-56).

Speed, fines, phone, and the flagger

• Speed rule: Obey the posted worksite limit, set at least 10 mph below the normal limit. It is enforceable when workers are present, and even when they are not if the establishing authority determines the traveling public's safety requires it (IC 9-21-5-11). An empty, signed zone can still bite.
• Fine multiplier: No blanket doubling. A fixed schedule instead: at least $300 for a first worksite-speed violation, $500 second, $1,000 third within three years (IC 9-21-5-11). Recklessly disregarding a flagger or traffic-control device at a worksite with workers present is a Class A misdemeanor (IC 9-21-8-56).
• Phone in a work zone: Restricted — put it down
• Flagger authority: Obey the flagman. Drivers must follow the signs, signals, and directions of a flagger at a worksite and exercise extraordinary care (IC 9-21-8-41). Ignoring it is citable and, done recklessly with workers present, a Class A misdemeanor (IC 9-21-8-56).
• Base fine: At least $300 first offense, $500 second, $1,000 third within three years (IC 9-21-5-11). The Safe Zones camera program mails a warning first, then $75, then $150, triggered at 11+ mph over the posted worksite limit with workers present (IC 8-23-32).

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