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  • NJ Road Warrior: Flashing Lights by the Road? "Move Over"

    One fall day in 2007, while Kristin Welch was doing her job by the side of the road, a tractor-trailer roared by, knocking her rearview mirror clear into the next lane. The wayward truck then smashed into another car.

  • Indiana 'Move Over' Law In Spotlight After Worker Death

    Indiana's "move over" law is being stressed in the wake of a highway worker's death in the Evansville area. Motorists are required by law to slow down and move when approaching construction zones or emergency workers on the side of the road. Even media members in a construction zone are required to wear fluorescent vests to be more visible to drivers for the sake of safety.

  • MA Police Warn of New 'Move Over' Law

    Police are warning drivers to be aware of a new state law that requires them to "move over" when approaching an emergency vehicle stopped on the side of the road.

  • MA Move-Over Law Starts on March 22

    Police have a message for Massachusetts motorists: If you see emergency vehicles on the road, move over and slow down.

  • IL State Police Cracking Down on 'Move-Over'Law Violators

    With the warm weather returning, the highway construction season is coming, so drivers are reminded to take the law and safety seriously.

  • Injured MA Trooper to Speak at Move Over Law Event

    Massachusetts State Police Trooper Dana Cresta was nearly killed last October when he was struck by a car while standing outside his cruiser on the Massachusetts Turnpike in Newton.

  • MA Law Makes Drivers Move Over, Slow Down for Roadside Emergencies

    State Trooper Terrence Halbach was responding to a motor vehicle accident on Interstate 91 in Deerfield on the morning of Feb. 19 when a car in the adjacent lane lost control, struck Halbach, and seriously injured him.

  • FL Deputy Grateful To Survive Crash

    A Broward Sheriff's Office deputy whose cruiser was hit during a traffic stop on Interstate 95 last week has fought hard to get drivers to obey the Move Over Law.

  • MA 'Move Over' Law to be Instituted

    A new state law, which goes into effect Sunday, will require motorists driving on multi-lane state highways to slow down when approaching stationary emergency response vehicles exhibiting flashing lights. It also requires motorists, if they can safely do so, to change lanes so that they are not immediately adjacent to emergency vehicles.

  • Massachusetts: Move Over for Flashing Lights

    Stay alert for parked vehicles with flashing lights in Massachusetts while driving beginning this weekend. The new Move Over law takes effect Sunday, March 22, requiring all drivers approaching a stationary emergency or maintenance vehicle with flashing lights to move to the next adjacent lane if it is safe to do so, and barring that, to reduce their speed.

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