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  • CHP Says, "Slow Down and Move Over"

    The state recently renewed a 2007 law forcing you to move to another lane or slow down when an emergency vehicle is on the side of the road. But how many of you actually follow that law?

  • Expanded Virginia Move-Over Law Goes Into Effect Thursday

    Starting Thursday, drivers will have to move over for tow trucks and construction vehicles stopped on the side of the road. It was passed after the death of a tow truck driver last year in Newport News.

  • Virginia Law Looks to Protect Tow Truck Drivers

    Virginia's "Move Over" Law now seeks to protect tow truck drivers. The existing law requires drivers to slow down and move over for police or rescue vehicle when they have their lights flashing. That law will include tow trucks and other vehicles with flashing amber lights.

  • Oregon Troopers' Safety Key to Vehicle Approach

    It is often safer for OSP troopers to approach a car from the passenger side, but it's not always the safest way to conduct a car stop, according to OSP Sgt. Steve Mitchell.

  • Massachusetts Police Find Roads Ever More Dangerous

    Some highway signs yesterday flashed information about the wake for Douglas Weddleton, a State Police sergeant killed last week when two allegedly drunk drivers caused a freak crash at the highway exit he was guarding. Across the state, other signs were programmed with a stern reminder to obey laws designed to prevent such casualties.

  • Motorists Becoming Big Problem for EMTs in Connecticut

    Almost every time Pam Barrett, an ambulance driver and full-service EMT for the Wilton Volunteer Ambulance Corps, takes the ambulance out on an emergency call, drivers on the road are a problem, she said.

  • Virginia Law Aims To Protect Road Workers

    Earlier this year, lawmakers voted to expand the Commonwealth's "Move Over" law. It now includes protection for tow truck drivers and highway workers who have amber colored flashing lights.

  • Massachusetts 'Move Over' Law Fails Test

    Can the breakdown lanes of our interstate highways be made safer? The question looms large after State Police Sgt. Douglas Weddleton, 52, was killed early Friday at an Interstate 95 construction site.

  • Virginia Tow-Truck Driver's Death Sparks Change in Law

    Andy Starmer died despite doing everything he could for his safety. Starmer, a tow-truck driver was helping a stranded motorist on I-64 near Victory Boulevard in Newport News. He pulled his vehicle to the side of the right-shoulder of the road and turned on his flashing amber lights. He was wearing reflective clothing.

  • Few in Nova Scotia Know About Mmove Over'Llaw, Police Say

    Police in Nova Scotia say most drivers are not slowing down when passing stopped emergency vehicles, despite a new law that came into effect May 1.

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