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  • In Maryland Flashing Lights Say 'Move Over'

    My Sun colleague and weather wizard Frank Roylance went driving recently on U.S. 50 in Talbot County when he had one of those learning experiences most of us would prefer to avoid. He noticed two State Police cars with flashing blue lights on the right shoulder of the highway, apparently making a traffic stop. He was in the right lane and stayed there, maintaining the prudent 56 mph set on his cruise control.

  • Maryland Move Over Law Takes Effect

    Maryland drivers and highway commuters: the new ban on cell phones while driving is not the only new law now in effect in the state. As of Oct. 1, drivers are now required to make lane changes to avoid vehicles parked on the side of highways for emergencies or other situations.

  • Closer Look at 11 Georgia Players Arrested This Year

    Eleven Georgia football players have been arrested this year. Dontavious Jackson was charged on July 10 with DUI under 21, underage possession, violation of the “move over law,” a learners permit infraction, leaving the scene of an accident, and following too close. Facing a six-game suspension, Jackson elected to transfer.

  • North Carolina ‘Move Over Law’ Expanded

    It’s a law we all can live with…and one that is pleasing to electric utility companies. In July, North Carolina lawmakers expanded the state’s ‘move over law’ to include electric utility vehicles restoring power on the sides of roadways.

  • Maryland 'Move Over' Law Aims to Protect Emergency Personnel, Bicyclists

    The new "move over" law, which took effect Oct. 1, extends to bicyclists and anyone riding a motor scooter or electric mobility device on the shoulder of a road.

  • Drivers are Ignoring Wisconsin's 'Move Over Law'

    Sean Klessig of Fond du Lac gets nervous every time he hooks up a disabled vehicle on the side of the road as traffic whizzes by on Highway 41. And when people do not obey the state’s 2001 Move Over Law, the man with 14 years of towing experience thinks of a deadly statistic that is growing across the country.

  • New Maryland Move Over Law Takes Effect Oct. 1

    Maryland State Police are reminding motorists to be aware of new traffic laws taking effect October 1st that require drivers to ‘move over,’ if possible, and are aimed at increasing safety for police, fire and emergency medical services personnel working on Maryland roadsides, as well as those riding bicycles or scooters.

  • New York "Move Over" Law Intended to Save Lives

    Starting January 1st, the Ambrose-Searles Move Over law will be in effect and that means drivers will be required to move over into the next lane when they see emergency vehicles pulled over on the shoulder.

  • Georgia 'Move Over' Law is Slow to Take Hold

    Law enforcement deaths in the line of duty are often associated with gunfire, but traffic-related deaths -- including wrecks and deputies run over outside their cars -- outnumbered shooting deaths in 2009 and most of this decade.

  • New York 'Move Over' Law

    Local lawmakers and emergency responders are lauding the passage of the move over law. Governor Paterson signed the measure into law last month.

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