Move Over Law
Posted By Graham P. Wiemer on Feb 26, 2010 9:13am PST
To help protect maintenance workers and emergency responders, the State of Wisconsin has passed a move over law, which requires drivers to shift lanes and/or slow down in the event an ambulance, police car, fire truck, tow truck or related vehicle is stopped on the side of the road with its emergency lights flashing.
If a driver has room to switch lanes safely, he must move over to vacate the lane closest to the stopped emergency vehicle. If the road is a two-lane road, or the driver cannot otherwise change lanes safely, speed must be reduced.
It's important to keep this law in mind while driving. Especially on the highway, and especially during the winter.
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