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Post by justjohn on Jan 24, 2010 6:43:28 GMT -7
The New 'Move Over' Traffic Law Few Know About If a patrol car is pulled over to the side of the road, you have to change to the next lane (away from the stopped vehicle) or slow down by 20 mph....... Every state except Hawaii and Maryland and the D.C. has this law. In California, the "Move-over" law became operative on January 1, 2010. www.moveoveramerica.com/ My son got a ticket on Pleasant Hill coming back from Wal-Mart. police car (turned out it was 2 police cars) was on the side of the road giving a ticket to someone else. My son slowed down to pass but did not move into the other lane. The second police car immediately pulled him over and gave him a ticket. My son and I had never heard of the law. It is a fairly new law that states if any emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, if you are able, you are to move into the far lane. The cost of the ticket was $754, with 3 points on your license and a mandatory court appearance. I do not know how much the fine is in CA but it is too stiff to not let you know Please let everyone you know that drives about this new law. It is true (see details at the following web address). www.snopes.com/politics/traffic/moveover.asp
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Post by kaima on Jan 24, 2010 12:05:46 GMT -7
I did that as a courtesy when I thought of it, & then I found out it is the law in Alaska. Originally I did it because I was thinking of how uncomfortable it must be to have traffic whizzing by 3 or 4 feet from there you are parked . . .
It does seem like a reasonable law. I am surprised at the severity of the fine, however!
All traffic fines are doubled in construction zones in Alaska, and on several high-accident highways as well. It hardly seems to cut down on the murder and the mayhem, however!
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Post by Nictoshek on Jan 24, 2010 14:53:33 GMT -7
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Post by kaima on Jan 24, 2010 16:09:20 GMT -7
Hmmm ... it sound like the professor and I grew up in the same neighborhood. The worst of us went to prison, the second worst became policemen, and the rest of us became honest citizens. I still do not trust cops to this day, and it was an attention getter when one of the kids (next generation) became a cop! But then every family has a skeleton in the closet. Kai PS By the way, in the communist days there was a bit of a fear of police in the communist countries & a desire to (wisely) stay away from them. Is it still the same today? Many in Europe do not fear the police as we do in the USA. Here, if a cop is driving 45 in a 50 zone no one dares pass him. In EUrope there is no hesitation, in my experience. How is it today??
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