Oklahoma Work Zone Laws

How Oklahoma handles work zones

Oklahoma doubles the speeding fine only where work is actually underway and workers are present (47 O.S. §11-806). Push it harder and the stakes climb: 15 mph or more over the posted limit, or failing to stop for a flagman, is endangerment of a highway worker, up to $1,000, rising to $5,000 for an injury and $10,000 for a death (47 O.S. §11-1303). Watch for 'workers present' on the orange signs. No work-zone speed cameras.

Speed, fines, phone, and the flagger

• Speed rule: Hold the posted work-zone limit while the signs are up. The doubled fine applies only where work is actually in progress and workers are present (47 O.S. §11-806).
• Fine multiplier: Fine doubled when work is actively in progress and workers are present (47 O.S. §11-806). Go 15 mph or more over, or run a flagman, and it becomes endangerment: up to $1,000, up to $5,000 for injury, $10,000 for a death (§11-1303).
• Phone in a work zone: Covered by the general handheld rule
• Flagger authority: Failing to stop for a work-zone flagman is endangerment of a highway worker, a fine up to $1,000 with no one hurt and far more if there is (47 O.S. §11-1303). The flagman's signal carries the force of a traffic-control device.
• Base fine: A standard speeding fine (varies by mph over), doubled in an active zone with workers present (47 O.S. §11-806); a 15-over or flagman violation is endangerment, up to $1,000 (§11-1303).

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