[Flynn’s comments: I received an email from an administrator regarding a law in California. People will get tickets at every corner, it seems. The gestapo jackboots (while pointing the radar gun of radiation at unsuspecting motorists) will stand in the middle of the road (probably in the hopes of getting run over by the angry mob of myopic or even psychotic motorists), pull over the perpetrators of moving vehicles and give them tickets, which fund the bankroll of the cities.]
A Move over law is a law which requires motorists to move over and change lanes to give safe clearance to law enforcement officers on roadsides. Forty three U.S. states have passed “Move Over” laws, which were created in response to officer roadside fatalities in the line of duty.
Most Move Over laws require drivers to move over or slow down for emergency vehicles with their lights flashing. This includes police cruisers, Sheriff‘s or Highway Patrol vehicles, fire trucks and ambulances.
Currently Hawaii, Maryland, and New York are the only states, as well as Washington, D.C., that do not have a “Move Over” law. On June 17, 2009, Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell signed House Bill 5894, establishing a Move Over requirement in the state. Connecticut’s Move Over law took effect on October 1, 2009. [1][2]
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