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  • Maryland House Votes To Expand "Move Over" Law To Tow Trucks

    The House of Delegates passed a bill, which would make it safer to be a tow truck driver in the state. The bill would require cars to move over into an open lane away from tow trucks that stopped on the side of the highway, working on roadside emergencies.

  • Canada: New Law to Protect Emergency Personnel, Highway Workers

    A new law under the province's Highway Traffic Act will come into effect Monday to protect emergency personnel and other highway workers in Newfoundland and Labrador. Another story can be found at: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/move-over-law-come-effect-monday-171633110.html

  • Tennessee: Violation of Move Over Law Leads to 4-car crash in East Knox County

    No injuries were reported in a four-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 40 involving a state trooper. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says the trooper had pulled over a vehicle for a moving violation on I-40 eastbound near Midway Road just before 2 p.m. The driver of a Toyota Camry failed to move over until the last minute and abruptly struck a tractor trailer. The impact threw the Toyota into the trooper's car on the shoulder. The driver of the Toyota was cited for failure to move over for an emergency vehicle

  • Utah Residents Ignore the Move Over Law and Troopers Are Getting Hurt

    The Move Over Law has been in effect since 2002 and carries a $115.00 fine. “It is not necessarily put in place just for us," said Trooper George Hansen. "But how many times do we have the everyday motorist trying to change a tire or fix something on their vehicle on the side of the road and you have vehicles going past them also?”

  • Missouri: Staying Safe if You Find Yourself on the Side of a Highway

    During winter weather, many people may find themselves in need of help on the side of the road. Sergeant Jason Pace from the Missouri Highway Patrol says our divided highways and unique terrain make it even more important to follow the move over law.

  • Colorado State Police Cites 20 Drivers for Failing to Move Over

    Colorado State Patrol teams across the state are cracking down on drivers who fail to move over for vehicles on the side of the road. Since late last week, troopers in Fruita have cited twenty drivers for failing to obey the move over law.

  • Illinois Tollway Deploys Plows, Encourages People to Stay Home

    All 182 of the Illinois Tollway's snow plows have been deployed to tackle snowfall and drifting along the 286-mile Tollway system. Rapid snowfall and high winds are causing hazardous driving conditions throughout the Tollway, and drivers are being encouraged to stay home.

  • Colorado: Authorities Urge Drivers to Slow Down, Move Over

    If you've ever had a flat tire on the highway, you know how unnerving it is to stand, unprotected, next to hundreds of cars flying by at high speeds. In less than a year, 29 Colorado state troopers on the side of highways were struck by passing vehicles. The Colorado State Patrol says that these incidents are not due to wet or icy roads or even nighttime driving. Most of the crashes occur during the day with fully marked patrol cars. The cause is simply careless, distracted driving.

  • Canada: 'Move-Over' Law to Protect Tow Truck Drivers to be Reintroduced

    An MPP from the Orillia area says he's not going to let political delays stop him from fighting for the safety of tow truck drivers. Garfield Dunlop, the Progressive Conservative MPP for Simcoe North, has been working on a private members bill in the legislature that would make it the law for drivers to move over when they see a tow truck on the side of the road, just like we must do for other emergency vehicles.

  • Texas: ‘Move Over’ Laws Keep 1st Responders Safe, Hard To Enforce

    Between Monday night and Tuesday morning, emergency crews responded to nearly 700 accidents across the Metroplex. And as is evident after a Dallas firefighter was knocked off an overpass bridge and killed, responding to those crashes can put first responders in jeopardy. There is a law designed to help protect those civil servants but it’s often ignored.

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