HB5863 Summary

• Special speed limits in highway construction or maintenance zones apply only when workers are present in the zone.

• Prohibition on wireless telephone use in construction or maintenance zones applies only when workers are present.

• Persons stopped on a highway in a construction or maintenance zone due to traffic congestion are exempt from prohibitions against using wireless telephones or electronic communication devices.

• First violation of construction zone speed limit is a petty offense with $250 minimum fine; second or subsequent violation carries $750 minimum fine and 90-day license suspension.

• Fines of $250 or greater generate additional charges of $125 (or $250 for repeat violations) deposited into Transportation Safety Highway Hire-back Funds to pay for off-duty police officer monitoring of construction zones.