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Move Over Resources

• Struck-By Survivor Stories

• In Our Boots PSA: Joe Kroboth

• In Our Boots PSA: Mike Cox

• In Our Boots PSA: Steve Senn

• Slow Down Move Over PSA

• It's No Picnic Out Here PSA

• Move Over, Slow Down PSA

• PIO and Public Educator Materials

• Public Education Resources

• Move Over Signage Study – West Chester, PA

• AAA & Nation's First Responders Ask Motorists To "Slow Down, Move Over" To Reduce Deaths and Injuries

• AAA List of Move Over Laws in the United States and Canada

• AAA Takes a Look at Slow Down/Move Over Laws

• FHWA Educational Outreach for Safe, Quick Clearance (SQC) Laws and Policies

• NHTSA Information and Public Outreach Materials about Move Over Laws

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• Oklahoma: Department of Safety Highlights Continued Need For Safety

  The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and Oklahoma Department of Public Safety recently highlighted the continued need for Oklahoma motorists to be aware of highway workers and state troopers when traveling around the state.

• New York: Staying safe while working roadside

  Marty Rosokoff has been towing cars for more than 30 years. He risks his life everyday to help those in need of roadside assistance.

• Washington: State troopers show the dangers they face when drivers don’t move over

  For Washington State Patrol troopers, one of their biggest dangers are drivers. In the past five years, 51 troopers have been injured because of drivers failing to move over.

• Wyoming: New signs encourage motorists to 'move over for parked emergency vehicles'

  Wyoming's move-over law requires motorists to change lanes to move away from parked emergency vehicles that are displaying flashing lights; on two-lane roads, or where traffic prevents a driver from moving over, motorists are required by law to slow down to 20 mph below the posted speed limit and "change lanes as long as it's safe to do so." Violators may be fined. The new signs are being installed statewide by S&L Industrial of Cowley

• New York: Should the Move Over Law be changed?

  You may already know when you see a police, construction or emergency vehicle with flashing lights on the side of the highway you move over a lane. It's a state law, but why aren't all vehicles part of the law?

• Maryland: Be patient at crash scenes

  Six years ago Oct. 1, Maryland implemented the "move over" law requiring drivers to move into open lanes away from police, fire and emergency vehicles tending to roadside emergencies, in an effort to make these men and women a little more safe on busy roads and highways. A week ago, on Sept. 23, Carroll County emergency responders dealt with what seems to be an egregious violation of that law and basic common sense.

• Maryland: Hit-And-Run Driver ‘Unapologetic’ After Narrowly Missing Firefighter

  A close call for emergency crews in Carroll County. A driver smashed into an ambulance while responding to a call at a busy intersection, and then sped off.

• Ohio: Ohio officials remind motorists to move over for roadside workers

  Mowing grass or cutting brush might not be high-stakes work for most, but for transportation workers charged with these tasks while hundreds of cars and semis whiz by at 70 miles per hour, it’s a job that can be deadly.