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  • Zig-Zag Lines Being Painted on Purpose in Virginia

    Behind the wheel, you want the least amount of distraction possible. So why is a local transportation agency painting crooked lines on the road on purpose?

  • Nebraska May join Other States With ‘Move-Over’ Law

    Nebraska may join other states that have a so-called “move-over” law meant to protect emergency workers and tow-truck drivers on busy highways.

  • SC Police Cracking Down on 'Move-Over' Violators

    In the last 12 years, 167 Police Officers have been killed during traffic stops, struck by vehicles. 12 were killed just last year."It's definitely one of the most dangerous things we do from the people we pull over to the people not even involved," said Summerville Police Sgt. Rick Peeples.

  • Little-Known DE Landmark Honors Lost Road Workers

    State leaders and employees and survivors last week pressed for driver safety at the Delaware Highway Memorial Garden at the Smyrna Rest Area, where a memorial honors transportation workers killed on the job.

  • Rarely Needed, MA Move Over Law Has Little Effect on Saugus Roads

    It has been nearly one month since the new Move Over Law was put into effect, but thus far it is having little effect on traffic in town. The Move Over Law requires drivers to change lanes, providing they can do so safely, so they are not immediately adjacent to any emergency vehicles.

  • NC Holiday Tourists Watch Weather

    While not the big kickoff for the tourist season, the upcoming Easter weekend is often seen as an indicator of the months ahead and officials are hopeful the pleasant forecast will help lure visitors.

  • NJ Drivers Traversing the Roads Around Princeton, Beware.

    Motorists who fail to slow down or move over while passing pulled-over emergency vehicles with their flashing lights on face up to $500 in fines under New Jersey’s “move over” law, which Gov. Jon S. Corzine signed into law in January.

  • Georgia Motorists Face Move-Over Law Fines

    According to FBI reports, traffic enforcement units face some of the greatest risks on the road. In 2008, crashes and traffic-related incidents either equaled or exceeded officers under fire as the leading cause of police deaths in this country — for the 12th consecutive year.

  • Honoring Fallen Delaware DOT workers

    Sandi Gardner of Elsmere struggled for just the right words to explain why her son, 26-year-old Matthew Gardner, is still making the rounds of DelDOT work zones -- just under three years after a wayward vehicle killed a colleague and left him with 13 fractures, a punctured lung, broken face bones and broken teeth.

  • If You Can See This in Oregon, You're $355 Too Close

    The first car hit an Oregon State Police cruiser, ramming the cruiser into a trooper on the side of the road -- and knocking the officer to the ground. The second rig almost sideswiped a patrol car as the trooper exited on the side of the road. The car crashed into an embankment 150 feet from where the officer stood.

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