Florida: FHP Trooper Crash Raises Questions on 'Move Over Law'
The Florida Highway Patrol is blaming a driver for not following the "move over law" Wednesday morning, resulting in a violent wreck that hurt one of its troopers. Action News reporter Jamie Smith and a news photographer lost count of cars speeding past emergency vehicles stopped along the roadside Wednesday. Some drove by within inches of sheriff's deputies stopped along the shoulder, which is a clear violations of the state's"move over law." “On multilane highways, vacate the lane closest to emergency vehicles. It's not only law enforcement, it's fire rescue, utility workers,wreckers, that kind of thing,” said Sgt. Dylan Bryan with FHP.