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• Position: "move over" laws to protect emergency vehicles - Stateline - Brief article

Drivers often speed past emergency vehicles on the nation's highways, despite all 50 states--though not the District of Columbia--having "move-over" laws requiring them to switch lanes or slow down when emergency vehicles are on the scene. Failure to heed the laws can result in fines and criminal charges if someone is killed. Since 2010, state legislatures have approved 44 new measures enacting or strengthening move-over laws, with some adding protections...