In 2024, 46 emergency responders died in the U.S. while helping others on the side of the road, according to the Emergency Responder Safety Institute. These first responders were police officers, ...

Moving over for stopped emergency vehicles isn't just the right thing to do, it's also the law, and those laws are beginning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here’s what Scott’s Law requires Illinois drivers to do under updated rules for 2026. (File photo – Tim Dominick) The new year ...

All 50 states in the U.S. have "Slow Down, Move Over" laws to help protect crews working on the side of the road or first responders handling an emergency — yet many drivers are not obeying them. The ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina lawmakers are looking to strengthen the state’s Move Over Law, saying gaps in the current statute are putting first responders at risk while working on the side of the ...

January is "Move Over Month" as state troopers are reminding drivers of the law that was expanded a year ago. Under Florida’s "Move Over" law, drivers are required to move over one lane for any ...

A quiet change in traffic law is picking up speed across the country, and now it’s rolled into the state of Wisconsin. A newly expanded rule builds on existing legislation that requires drivers to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michigan's "Move Over" law requires drivers to provide space and slow down when passing an assortment of emergency, maintenance ...

Sen. Michelle Hinchey, D-Kingston, is pictured during a December event in her district. Hinchey is proposing legislation that would make a violation of the state’s Mover Over Law a 5-point violation ...

The new year brought hundreds of new laws to Illinois, and one legislative update closes a “loophole” in Scott’s Law. Previously, Scott’s Law only required drivers to move over and slow down when ...