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  • New York: A Reminder on the 'Move-Over' Law

    Motorists are being reminded to “move over” when you see police and emergency workers on the side of the road. State police conducted a traffic enforcement detail on Saturday in Schenectady County.

  • Illinoisd: Highway Safety Measure Advances

    Motorists who endanger emergency crews could face stiffer penalties under legislation moving through the Illinois legislature. The proposal, sponsored by state Rep. Dan Brady, R - Bloomington, is among a number of initiatives underway in Illinois designed to protect police, fire and other emergency personnel when they are working at accident sites.

  • Missouri: Move Over for Work Zones – It’s the Law

    Every spring, the Missouri Department of Transportation starts preparing for the summer season of roadwork across the state. People are being warned to move over for road construction workers.

  • Canada: Moving on Over

    After a number of recent highway tragedies, the provincial government has established a new law that will help protect the welfare of highway workers in Labrador and Newfoundland...

  • New York: Move-Over Law on Worked When it is Followed

    According to state police, 58-year-old Terry Young was hit about 8:49 a.m. on Spring Lake Road by a vehicle driven by Marvin Jay, 83, of Red Creek. Troopers said Jay failed to obey the Move Over Law, which requires drivers to slow down and in some cases change lanes when an emergency vehicle is stopped on a road shoulder with its flashers activated. Jay was ticketed for failure to use due care for a hazardous vehicle stopped, troopers said.

  • Illinois Congressman Looks To Increase Scott's Law Penalties

    An Illinois congressman wants to raise the penalty for those who fail to move over for emergency crews and cause injuries on the roadways. That law is commonly referred to as Scott’s Law.

  • Maryland Legislature Considers Expanding 'Move-Over' Law

    After a tow truck operator from Green's Garage stopped on the shoulder of Interstate 795 in Reisterstown in January to help a motorist, she ended up needing a wrecker herself. A distracted driver veered off the road and hit her truck, causing nearly $10,000 in damage, according to Larry Green, owner of the Hampstead towing business and president of the Towing & Recovery Professionals of Maryland. The truck operator was not injured, Green said, but she and others face constant danger. Green supports legislation before the General Assembly that would require motorists to move over when possible when driving past tow trucks stopped on the sides of roads with their lights on. The measure would expand Maryland's current "move-over law" — passed in 2010 — which requires drivers to move away for emergency responders. Violators would face fines of up to $500. Other stories can be found at: http://www.wbaltv.com/politics/moveover-law-athome-poker-considered-in-house/25152990 http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/03/25/drivers-may-soon-have-to-move-over-for-tow-truck-operators/

  • Virginia State Troopers Getting Hit On Highways Despite Law

    On March 17 alone, three Virginia State Troopers were hit near Richmond as well as one here in Rockingham County. Before that, in the last snow storm we had, there was one in Augusta County too. We rode along with a trooper who has been hit before. He says the "move over" law is one rule drivers continue to break, and that's putting lives at risk.

  • New York: Cracking Down on 'Move Over' Law Violations, State Police Issued 89 Tickets

    Four marked patrol cars camped out for eight hours along a stretch of Interstate-81 recently in local state troopers' first crackdown on "Move Over Law" violators. The four troopers were assigned to I-81 near the town of Preble in Cortland County Friday, said Trooper Nathan Riegal. They conducted traffic stops for speeding and other violations as usual, he said.

  • Canada: New Move Over Laws Come into Effect

    New legislation is being introduced on March 10, 2014 that will protect stationary highway workers. RNC Constable Dave Hutchings says government's new "Move Over Law" will protect police officers, fire and ambulance workers, tow truck workers, and anyone who is doing work on the side of the road. Constable Hutchings says the new law calls for drivers to stop, slow down, or pull over into an opposite lane to ensure road-side workers' safety.

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