Fines for moving traffic violations in construction and maintenance zones are:
- Lessened.
- Doubled. ✓
- Non-existent.
- Unchanged.
Answer: B. Doubled.
Fines for moving traffic violations in construction and maintenance zones are doubled.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says that fines double in a construction or maintenance work zone when workers are present anywhere in the zone. It also treats disobeying warning signs or barricades as an offense with a fine. So the correct choice is the one that says the fine amount is increased to twice its usual amount, not reduced, removed, or left unchanged.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Lessened. — The handbook says fines double in work zones with workers present, not that they are lessened.
- C. Non-existent. — The handbook describes fines for work-zone violations, so they are not non-existent.
- D. Unchanged. — The handbook says the fines double when workers are present, so they do not stay unchanged.
Remember it
Work zone plus workers present means the fine amount doubles.
Official handbook: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), Chapter 5: Signals, Signs, and Markers , p. 37