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Pardon my ignorance: what is a “move over” law? What do you need to do?
by mirceal 8y ago
Pardon my ignorance: what is a “move over” law? What do you need to do?
- mikeash 8y agoIt means that when passing a stopped emergency vehicle, you need to change lanes to avoid passing right next to them (“move over”) or slow down substantially.
- mirceal 8y agoThanks. I was already doing this even though I don’t know of any law that requires it where I live. You learn something every day.
- yason 8y agoI would assume they would teach you basic things like these in the driving school? I suppose that's not the case? Learning a "new" thing like that would probably make me hastily begin to wonder what else I might be missing.
- mirceal 8y agoI think you need to differentiate between knowing about something and knowing about the precise label something has.
- mikeash 8y agoThe first move over law was enacted in 1996 and they didn’t become standard until the 2000s. Believe it or not, a lot of us went to driving school before that.
- JustSomeNobody 8y agoIn FL, we have a law that says you either have to move over and change lanes to allow police, firefighters, tow trucks, etc enough safe room or you have to slow to 20 below the posted speed limit. A lot of police officers were being struck because you tend to steer in the direction you stare.