Roadworks

Warning signsSign no. 1.14OSR art. 9

What the sign says

Works on or beside the road: people on foot, machinery, temporary markings, uneven surface.

The exam trap

Yellow temporary markings override permanent white ones, and police instructions override both signs and traffic lights.

Do not confuse

Road narrowsOSR art. 7
Falling rocksOSR art. 8
Other hazardsOSR art. 15

Study topic

Speed and distances

Practise this topic All signs

The signs are the official depictions by the Federal Roads Office, from the annexes of the Signalling Ordinance (SR 741.21): official works, unprotected under Art. 5 of the Copyright Act. The explanations, by contrast, are written from federal law — never taken from a third-party catalogue.