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  • Virginia: Food City Trucks Sporting 'Move Over' Decals for Public-Awareness Campaign

    Food City, the Virginia State Police and the Tennessee Highway Patrol combined forces Friday to launch a public-awareness campaign that urges people to obey the state's “Move Over” law, requiring motorists to change lanes and give room to public-safety vehicles.

  • In Massachusetts Drivers Not Following Move Over Law

    Construction workers and law enforcement say too many people still don't understand the "Move Over" laws. State law requires drivers to slow down and pull over into the next lane when they see construction workers, a police officer, or a broken down vehicle on the side of the road. However those who work just off the highway say they're seeing too many close calls.

  • Move Over — It’s the Law

    Many area drivers are apparently heeding the new “Ambrose-Searles Move Over Act,” which requires them to exercise caution when approaching an authorized emergency vehicle which is parked, stopped or standing on the shoulder of a road or highway with its emergency lights activated.

  • Move Over and Save a Life

    For state troopers, the busy highways and sides of the road are their offices. And it can be deadly; it’s something state troopers are faced with everyday.

  • Move Over or Get a Ticket in New York

    You've seen it on electronic billboard signs across the area and now New York State Police want drivers to know they're enforcing the "Move Over Law." From January 1 to May 3, 5,027 tickets were handed out statewide-- 170 alone in Monroe County.

  • Hefty Fines Await Drivers Who Fail to ‘Move Over' in New York

    The commander of New York State Police Troop G announced Tuesday that state police were actively enforcing provisions of the state's Move Over Law, which took effect Jan. 1.

  • New York Trooper's Death Underscores Move Over Law

    "Move Over, Save Lives." That's the message of the state's new law protecting emergency personnel stopped at the side of the road, and it's taken on new meaning because of a tragedy in western New York.

  • New York: First-Hand Look at Move Over Law Motivation

    News 4 is getting a first-hand look at the dangers emergency responders face while stopped along busy roadways. We spent about two hours Friday afternoon on the side of the Thruway with State Police assistance to demonstrate just what the police expect of you if you can't move over safely.

  • Dozens Issued Tickets in New York for "Move Over" Violations

    The new "Move Over Law" in New York requires drivers to slow down and move over for emergency vehicles. It was enacted in January 2011 and since then thousands of tickets have been issued across the state for violating the law. Just this week, dozens were issued here in Western New York.

  • New York Man Say 'Move Over' Law is Tyranny

    A Nanuet man who was among hundreds of motorists ticketed during a weeklong enforcement of the new Ambrose-Searles Move Over Act is questioning the law's legitimacy.

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