Flagging Instruction Handbook

These guidelines are for flagging operations. In this manual, the term “traffic” means vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, and other users of the roads.

This handbook covers the following topics:

Flagger Control; Demonstration of Proper Methodology and Operations; High Visibility Safety Apparel; Flagger Stations; Distance of Flagger Station in Advance of the Work Space; Flagger Procedures; Hand Signaling Devices and Flagging Equipment; Method of One-Lane, Two-Way Traffic Control; Traffic Control System for Lane Closure on Two Lane Conventional Highways; Urgent Situations; and Stopping Distances.