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  • Ohio: OSHP Dashcam Shows What Happens When Drivers don't 'Move Over, Slow Down'

    Ohio State Highway Patrol dashcam video shows what happens when drivers don't 'Move Over, Slow Down'. Another story can be found at: Semi Narrowly Misses Ohio State Trooper, Driver in Dash Cam Video

  • Oklahoma: Tow Truck Drivers Line I-40 For Safety Awareness

    With the dicey conditions, wreckers will be out clearing spun-out cars. Those tow truck drivers are reminding people to share the road with an awareness event held along I-40. Whenever you see the bright colored lights and a big tow truck pulled over to the side, its driver wants you to move over.

  • New Hampshire: Tow Truck Drivers: A Few Feet of Space Could Save Our Lives

    On Wednesday, a 22-year-old wrecker operator from Southbridge, Mass., was killed while assisting a disabled vehicle on the side of the Massachusetts Turnpike – the same road on which Cotterly often worked around that age – apparently because the driver of a passing box truck didn’t slow down and move over far enough. Now, Cotterly, a 55-year-old from Penacook, is the one asking for a favor: Obey the law. Slow down. Move over. Give those amber lights the same respect you’d give reds and blues.

  • Missouri: Shocking – 70 Percent of Drivers Don’t Know to ‘Move Over’

    It’s a law many people break every day, and that 70 percent of Americans don’t even know exists. In this Fox Files investigation, Rebecca Roberts looks into the “move over” laws in Missouri and Illinois, and why breaking this law can be deadly for first responders.

  • Ohio: Move-Over Law

    Move over or get pulled over. It's been an Ohio law for several years put in place to keep all workers safe. Originally it pertained to law enforcement and public safety vehicles but has expanded to any type of roadwork with flashing lights. The collaboration between the Ohio state highway patrol and department of public safety is creating awareness by enforcing the initiative to decrease the number of roadside deaths. Lieutenant Grigsby says that he challenges all motorists to treat the law as a primary function and not a secondary one by making an attempt to move over or at the bare minimum to slowdown.

  • Wisconsin: Family pushes for tougher "Move Over Laws"

    The family of a tow truck driver killed along Interstate 94 near Osseo is speaking out for the first time. They want a stronger "Move Over Law" in Wisconsin. Nathan Walsh, 38, was hit and killed in this last October while he was loading a disabled car onto the flatbed of his tow-truck. Steven Dolan is accused of sideswiping Walsh’s truck, he's charged with negligent homicide in the case.

  • Canada: Many Drivers Are Not Following New 'Move-Over' Laws

    It’s been just over a month since the expanded slow down and move over law went into effect in BC, but police say many still aren’t following the rules. As a result, enforcement may be stepped up across the region. Just a couple of weeks ago, Delta Police issued 46 tickets in four hours on the South Fraser Perimeter Road.

  • Maryland: AAA Lobbying to Add Service Vehicles to State's Move Over Law

    Maryland’s Move Over Law might once again be up for debate in Annapolis. AAA Mid-Atlantic officials are asking lawmakers to add service vehicles the law.

  • Ohio: Troopers Ask Drivers To "Move Over"

    The Ohio State Highway Patrol has initiated the #MoveOver campaign, after a trooper was struck by a vehicle while responding to a crash on the alongside I-475. Ohio's Move Over, Slow Down Law, requires all drivers to move to an adjacent lane and/or slow down when approaching a stopped vehicle with flashing or rotating lights.

  • Wisconsin: If You See Flashing Lights You Must Pull Over

    Several inches of snow fell this weekend — with a foot measured at General Mitchell International Airport. A few more inches of snow expected to fall Tuesday evening, February 3rd, a scary crash on Highway 45 near Burleigh and a County Highway worker hit by an out-of-control vehicle have law enforcement officials reminding drivers to move over when they see flashing lights on the side of the road. It’s the law, and drivers who don’t abide by that law could face a hefty fine.

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