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  • 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.

  • 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?”

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