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  • Canada: Tow Truck Drivers Push for Additional Lights to Ensure Safety

    They work in an extremely hazardous environment every day, and now tow truck drivers in BC are pushing for a change to the way you are alerted to their presence on the side of the road. An online petition is picking up momentum, asking the provincial government for permission to add one or more additional colors to tow truck lights when working in an emergency situation on the roadside.

  • Georgia: Move Over Law: Are Drivers Breaking it or is the Law Broken?

    Georgia's “move over” law is designed to make officers safer when they're stopped on the side of the road, but critics say it's really making millions of dollars for local governments. "I just feel that it's not being used for the reason it was intended," said Kay, a driver who did not want us to use her last name. Kay said she slowed down so much, an officer was able to step into traffic on Ronald Reagan Parkway and hold up his hand to pull her over. She still got a ticket.

  • Washington: Local Tow Truck Driver Reminds of "Move Over Law

    A local tow truck driver wants to remind people of the "Move Over Law". Rich Drettwan said it is too often that he is out on a job towing a car and sees cars speeding past him and driving too close. The "Move Over Law" has been in place since the start of 2011.

  • Maryland: Tow Truck Drivers Breathe A Sigh Of Relief With Move Over Law Expansion

    It's one of the more dangerous jobs on the road. More than one hundred tow truck operators, killed by cars driving by on American roads between 2000 and 2005. "I've been struck by mirrors," says Josh Spear, with Simpson's Towing. "A sudden move, I could move out to do something and you could hit me...take my leg off," shared Steve Baker from A Plus Towing. Monday, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed a bill into law, making it mandatory for drivers to slow down or move over a lane when passing tow truck operators working on the road. Another story can be found at: http://www.nbcrightnow.com/story/25435914/local-tow-truck-driver-reminds-of-move-over-law http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/05/06/new-law-puts-tow-trucks-in-md-move-over-category/

  • Oregon: Law Enforcement Out to Enforce "Move Over Law"

    State police troopers and sheriff's deputies are on the look-out. Both departments will hit the road Thursday looking for other drivers to pull over.

  • Washington State Troopers: Move Over for Emergency Vehicles

    State troopers will patrol Southwest Washington highways over the weekend in search of drivers who don’t move over for emergency vehicles. State law requires drivers to slow and move to the left — if safe — when passing emergency vehicles on the shoulder. Emergency vehicles include police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, tow trucks and highway maintenance vehicles with their lights flashing.

  • Ohio Has A Reminder for Motorists

    A reminder to motorists on the road to move over for any vehicle with flashing lights on the side of the road.. The law was originally passed in 2004 requiring motorists to move over anytime they approach an emergency vehicle such as a fire truck, ambulance, or police vehicle. The law was modified in December to incorporate any kind of road service vehicle or wrecker as well.

  • Maryland 'Move-Over' Law Expamded to Include Tow Truck Drivers

    He's had some close calls and so have his drivers, so it goes without saying that William Cain is pretty happy with the expansion of Maryland's "Move Over" law. "I've nearly been hit, my truck has nearly been hit," said Cain, who owns Chesapeake Service Center on Nottingham Road in Elkton Another story can be found at: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/ellicott-city/ph-editorial-move-over-0327-20140326,0,2265686.story

  • North Dakota Highway Patrol Says ‘Move Over’

    The North Dakota Highway Patrol is urging motorists to obey the state’s “move over” law after four injury crashes in five months involving patrol vehicles struck by other vehicles. The law requires motorists to move to a far lane when they encounter an emergency or maintenance vehicle on a multi-lane highway outside city limits, or to reduce speed and proceed with caution if they are unable to move over.

  • Louisiana: State Police Reminds Drivers to Move Over For Emergency Vehicles

    Troopers with Louisiana State Police want drivers to know it's required by law to move over for emergency vehicles on roadways, highways and interstate systems. "People aren't paying attention to the emergency lights on top of our vehicles and are not moving over on multi-lane highways," Trooper Brett Davis said. Davis said drivers aren't slowing down or yielding to emergency vehicles, and it's a growing problem.

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