Vehicular traffic should proceed slowly owing to workforce in the road

Road works and temporary

Vehicular traffic should proceed slowly owing to workforce in the road

A road-works warning with a workforce-in-road symbol — there are road workers physically on the carriageway and you must reduce speed. The temporary speed limit signed alongside is enforceable; passing roadworks too fast is one of the most-fined moving offences in the UK.

Shape
Rectangular
Background
Red
Border
White
Text type
Other
Diagram reference
7001.3

Where you'll see this sign

Live road-works on motorways and A roads, urban resurfacing, utility excavations, and any signed temporary works zone.

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