Emergency Vehicles
Emergency Vehicles How to deal with Emergency Vehicles on the road when traveling. Today, let’s discuss Emergency Vehicles on the side of the roadway. In many states, it is the law that you must move over and/or slow down when going past an emergency or construction vehicle on the side of the road. You can receive a ticket if you do not. I know in Illinois last summer; police officers were doing “Scott’s Law” enforcement. If a car did not pass/move over correctly, those officers radioed to another unit, giving them the information on the vehicle that didn’t pass correctly. That driver would receive a ticket. As a first responder who works accidents along the roadways, I have first-hand knowledge as to how dangerous it is. Just think about standing on the edge of the highway with traffic going 80 […]
