flagman
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He was working as a flagman near Zabriskie Point, where road repairs require traffic control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
Smith had surged into the lead as the flagman threw the white to signify one lap to go, but it was at the exact moment an 18-truck crash behind him triggered the yellow caution light.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
If the one-lane construction zone was too long for the flagmen to see each other, one handed a flag to the last driver permitted through to give to the other flagman.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
“In the beginning,” said Denzel Matthys, the flock flagman, “they’d run inside the garden and destroy all the vegetables.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2016
The flagman raised his arm, and Cassidy poised his finger over the button of Smith’s bell.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Current safety guidelines rely on communications and shared information between operators, rail operations controllers and, sometimes, flagmen posted on station platforms ahead of a work zone.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023
The current warning system is built on communication between controllers, operators and often flagmen.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2023
If the one-lane construction zone was too long for the flagmen to see each other, one handed a flag to the last driver permitted through to give to the other flagman.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 20, 2022
In all cases above mentioned it shall be the first and immediate duty of conductors to see that flagmen obey this rule. i.
From Railroad Accidents Their Cause and Prevention by R. C. Richards
Of these about one-fourth are switchmen and flagmen, one-fourth enginemen, one-fifth brakemen, one-sixth conductors, and one-eighth firemen.
From Wage Earning and Education by Rufus Rolla Lutz
