Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-11-1303

A. A person shall be guilty of the offense of endangerment of a

highway worker if the person commits any of the following when the

act occurs within a maintenance or construction zone:

1. Exceeding the posted speed limit by fifteen (15) miles per

hour or more;

2. Failing to merge as required in subsection D of Section 11-

1302 of Title 47 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

3. Failing to stop for a work-zone flagman or failing to obey

traffic-control devices that have been erected for purposes of

warning or guiding the public into and through the construction or

maintenance area;

4. Driving through or around a construction or maintenance area

by any lane not clearly designated to motorists for the flow of

traffic through or around the construction or maintenance area; or

5. Intentionally striking, moving or altering barrels,

barriers, signs, or other devices erected to control the flow of

traffic to protect highway workers and motorists in the construction

or maintenance area for a reason other than avoidance of an

obstacle, an emergency, or to protect the health and safety of an

occupant of the motor vehicle or of another person.

B. Upon conviction for committing the offense of endangerment

of a highway worker pursuant to subsection A of this section, if no

injury or death of a highway worker resulted from the offense, in

addition to any other penalty authorized by law, the person shall be

subject to a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

C. A person shall be deemed to commit the offense of aggravated

endangerment of a highway worker upon conviction for any offense

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pursuant to subsection A of this section when such offense occurs in

a construction or maintenance area and results in the injury or

death of a highway worker. Upon conviction for committing the

offense of aggravated endangerment of a highway worker, in addition

to any other penalty authorized by law, the person shall be subject

to a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) if the

offense resulted in injury to a highway worker and not more than Ten

Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) if the offense resulted in the death

of a highway worker.

D. Except for the offense provided for in paragraph 5 of

subsection A of this section, no person shall be deemed to commit

the offense of endangerment of a highway worker except when the act

or omission constituting the offense occurred when one or more

highway workers were in the construction or maintenance area.

E. No person shall be cited or convicted for endangerment of a

highway worker or aggravated endangerment of a highway worker, for

any act or omission otherwise constituting an offense under

subsection A of this section, if such act or omission resulted, in

whole or in part, from mechanical failure of the vehicle of the

person or from the negligence of another person or a highway worker.

F. Upon the expiration of any contract for maintenance or

construction on a section of roadway, any increased fines or

penalties otherwise imposed by law shall not apply.

G. Any highway worker killed while working on a section of

highway after the effective date of this act shall have that mile of

road named in honor of their memory.