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  • Minnesota: Move-Over Law Emphasis on Labor Day Weekend

    Authorities across Minnesota will step up enforcement of Minnesota's "move over" law this weekend.

  • Georgia: "Move Over Law" Questioned by Driver Who Couldn't Move Over

    A man says he got a $700 ticket for violating the state's "move over law." That's even after the officer admitted he couldn't move over.

  • Georgia: Driver Challenges 'Move-Over' Ticket

    A driver is fighting a $710 move-over law ticket in DeKalb County. Alvin Bennett says the state trooper who stopped him noted on the ticket that there was not room for Bennett to move over, but said Bennett could have slowed down. Bennett claims that he did. “The first thing he said to me that he saw that I couldn’t move over because there was a vehicle there,” Bennett said. Bennett said the trooper told him the move-over law requires drivers who cannot move over to slow down below the speed limit and prepare to stop. “I was slowing down because I took my foot off the accelerator,” Bennett said.

  • Canada: Ontario Provincial Police Remind Drivers to Make Room for Emergency Vehicles

    The OPP will be out in force this long weekend, reminding motorists of their obligation to make room for emergency vehicles. The province’s “Move Over” law requires drivers to slow down and proceed with caution when passing emergency vehicles parked on the side of the highway with their lights activated.

  • Connecticut: What Does The “Move Over” Law Say?

    This bill requires a motorist approaching one or more stationary emergency vehicles located on the travel lane, breakdown lane, or shoulder of a highway to (1) immediately slow down to a reasonable speed below the posted speed limit and (2) if traveling in the lane adjacent to the location of the emergency vehicle, move over one lane, unless this would be unreasonable or unsafe.

  • Tennessee Move Over Law Explained

    Tonight a look at a law implemented to keep people safe when they are out of their cars on the side of busy highways and interstates.

  • Canada: Number of "Move Over" Law Charges Highest Since 2010

    After ten years of education efforts, which includes more than 11,000 charges on record since the law came into effect, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is dismayed to see a slow but steady increase in the number of “Move Over” charges it has laid against drivers since 2010.

  • Florida: 'Move Over' Law Now Applies to Garbage, Utility Trucks

    A Mercedes-Benz whizzed by as Waste Management worker Ron Popi stopped his garbage truck on the busy Holly Hill road. “There's a risk every day in this job,” he said before going out on his daily route. “There are situations that can get pretty hairy. People aren't paying attention and they're in a rush and trying to get around you.” But the expansion of a state law that went into effect this month aims to slow down drivers and protect workers like Popi, who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. Now, when garbage and utility trucks are servicing roads, motorists must pull over or slow down.

  • Indiana Drivers Often Ignore 'Move-Over' Law

    The Move Over law is designed to protect emergency and highway personnel, including police, fire, ambulances and utility workers, Call 6 Investigator Kara Kenney reported. If you can do so safely, you are supposed to change lanes away from the stopped emergency vehicle when its lights are flashing, or at the very least slow your speed by at least 10 mph. But many people don’t realize the Move Over Law also applies to tow truck drivers.

  • Florida 'Move-Over' Law Now Protects Utilities, Trash Haulers

    A recent news release by City of Ocala media contact Ryan Kirby indicates the Move Over Law — originally designed to protect law enforcement, emergency responders and tow truck personnel working on the roadside — was expanded as of July 1 to cover utility service vehicles and sanitation workers.

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