Vermont Work Zone Laws

How Vermont handles work zones

Vermont doubles the civil penalty for breaking a posted worksite speed limit, twice what the same speed costs on open road (23 V.S.A. §1007). The reduced limit holds while the signs stand, workers or not. A repeat speeding conviction within three years doubles the penalty again. Obey the flagger's paddle; it directs traffic like a control device. A statewide handheld ban already covers the zone, and distracted-driving points can double there too.

Speed, fines, phone, and the flagger

• Speed rule: Obey the posted work-zone limit while the signs stand. The civil penalty for breaking a worksite speed limit is twice the normal amount (23 V.S.A. §1007).
• Fine multiplier: Doubled. The civil penalty for violating a posted worksite speed limit is twice the penalty for the same speed outside a work zone (23 V.S.A. §1007). A second conviction within three years doubles the penalty again.
• Phone in a work zone: Restricted — put it down
• Flagger authority: Obey the flagger controlling traffic through the worksite; a flagger directs traffic with the authority of a traffic control device, and ignoring the paddle is citable.
• Base fine: A Vermont speeding fine is doubled in a posted worksite. Regular speeding runs roughly $150 to $200-plus by speed; doubled, it climbs from there, and a repeat within three years doubles again.

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