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  • New York 'Move Over' Law to Expand and Include Amber Lights

    New York State Police are reminding people about changes coming to the Move Over Law. Starting Jan. 1, drivers will have to move into a passing lane not only for police cars pulled over on the side of the road, but for tow trucks, maintenance vehicles, or anything else with an amber flashing light.

  • NY ‘Move Over’ Law to Cover ‘Hazard Vehicle’ Jan. 1

    The “move over” law designed to protect police and other first responders when making stops on roadways has been expanded to include additional vehicles such as tow trucks and snow plows, Erie County Sheriff Timothy B. Howard said Friday.

  • South Dakota Law Enforcement Urges Motorists to "Slow Down and Move Over"

    The South Dakota Highway Patrol, State Office of Highway Safety and local law enforcement agencies began a joint campaign Wednesday, December 21st to ask motorists to "slow down and move over'' when they approach flashing yellow lights that indicate a crash scene or emergency vehicle on the highway.

  • New York Move Over Law Expands to Tow Trucks

    It's a move that will keep even more people safe on the road. Starting on January 1, the "Move Over" law in New York will expand to include tow trucks. The current law fines drivers in New York, if they don't move into another lane for police and ambulance vehicles on the road.

  • New Jersey Drivers Must Move Over When Passing Stopped Police Cars

    The South Brunswick Police Department finished a weeklong awareness campaign for the Move Over Law with a police decoy on Dec. 8. The decoy consisted of a simulated disabled vehicle on the shoulder of Route 522 with a tow truck in front of it and a police vehicle behind it. In accordance with the 2009 law, motorists driving on the road were required to move over one lane or, if it was not safe to move over, slow down below the posted speed limit.

  • New York Tow Truck Operators Welcome Revised Move Over Law

    A change in New York State's Move Over Law goes into effect next year. This time the law will cover tow trucks and roadside service vehicles.

  • 'Move Over' Law Warnings Issued in South Brunswick, New Jersey

    A 'Move-Over Law" educational campaign is being conducted in South Brunswick, New Jersey.

  • New York ‘Move Over Law’ Stop Yields Pair of Charges

    A driver pulled over for violating the “move over law” faces more serious charges after being arrested about 8:40 a. m. Saturday on the Aurora Expressway in Elma, state police said.

  • New York 'Move Over' Law Violation Nets 200 Pounds of Pot

    New York State Police say the new "Move Over" law leads them to find more than 200 pounds of pot in a vehicle. Investigators say Milagros Nunoz, 37 and Zaida Santiago, 38, both from Springfield, Massachusetts did not move over as troopers were conducting a traffic stop on the Berkshire Spur.

  • Washington Drivers Still Not Moving Over for Emergency Cars

    Action News has learned plenty of people are still disobeying Washington's move over law. It's too close for comfort: not a day goes by where Trooper Doug Lux isn't a standing target for drivers who aren't moving over.

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