Civil and Roadworks [2]

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The word Civil is derived from the Latin word civilis, from civis ("citizen"). Used as an adjective, it may describe several fields, concepts, and people:

• Civil aviation
• Civil death
• Civil defense
• Civil disobedience
• Civil engineering
• Civil law
• Civil liberties
• Civil libertarianism
• Civil marriage
• Civil procedure
• Civil rights
• Civil service/Civil servant
• Civil war

Roadworks on the A9 Autobahn in Germany.

Roadworks occur when part of the road, or in rare cases, the entire road, has to be occupied for work relating to the road, most often in the case of road surface repairs. They can, however, also happen when a major accident occurs and debris from the crash needs to be cleaned.

Roadworks are often signposted, although it is possible that the signage comes too late or too sudden or is missing.

In some countries, where lanes must be altered so as to accommodate roadworks, the new lanes (or interim lanes) are marked with a different colour and take precedence over the previous lanes. In Germany, it is yellow; in Switzerland, it is orange.