What does a Florida work-zone flagger use to direct traffic?
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A.
Amber paddles and an air horn.
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B.
A whistle and hand claps.
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C.
Red flags or signs. Correct
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D.
Green flags or lighted batons.
The answer is "Red flags or signs."
Flaggers use red flags or signs to direct traffic. Learners who key amber paddles are borrowing the amber color that identifies directional signals earlier in the same chapter, not the red color the manual assigns to flagger tools.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Amber paddles and an air horn.
Amber is the color of directional signals; the manual assigns red to flagger flags. This answer reaches for amber because the chapter uses it for directional signals, missing the red the manual assigns here.
B. A whistle and hand claps.
The manual lists flags and signs, not audible cues. This answer borrows the sound-cue habit from crossing guards, not the visual tools the manual lists for flaggers.
D. Green flags or lighted batons.
The manual assigns red, not green, to the flagger's flags. This answer guesses at go-signal green rather than the stop-signal red the manual assigns.
This question tests your knowledge of Construction Signs in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Construction/Maintenance Signs & Signals," p.54..
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