Maine Work Zone Laws

How Maine handles work zones

Maine doubles your speeding fine in a construction or maintenance work zone, twice the normal amount for the same speed (29-A M.R.S. §2075). The double keys off the posted signs, not a visible worker, so slow down as soon as the black-and-white speed-limit signs mark the reduced limit. Obey any flagger directing traffic; the paddle stands in for the traffic control you are bound to obey (§2057). A statewide handheld ban already covers your phone in the zone.

Speed, fines, phone, and the flagger

• Speed rule: Obey the posted work-zone limit whenever standard speed-limit signs mark the reduced speed. The Commissioner of Transportation sets it for a road under construction or maintenance, and the double fine applies while the signs are up (29-A M.R.S. §2075).
• Fine multiplier: Doubled. A speeding fine in a posted construction or maintenance work zone is twice the fine for the same speed outside one (29-A M.R.S. §2075).
• Phone in a work zone: Restricted — put it down
• Flagger authority: Obey the flagger. A flagger directing traffic through the work zone stands in for the traffic-control device you must obey (29-A M.R.S. §2057); ignoring the signal is a traffic infraction.
• Base fine: A Maine speeding fine (roughly $119 and up by speed, set on the Violations Bureau schedule) is doubled in a posted construction or maintenance work zone.

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