By Dave Dahl
SPRINGFIELD – State police wrote more than 1300 tickets in a three-week Move Over crackdown this year.
Move Over, also known as Scott’s Law – honoring a first responder killed by a driver who did not move over – carries a fine of no less than $250. You have to slow down and – provided it’s safe – change lanes when you come upon a car or truck stopped along the side of the road and with its hazard lights on.
“It’s to protect those that are on the road, whether it’s motorist-assist or the trooper themselves,” said Lt. Col. Margaret McGreal at a news conference at ISP headquarters in Springfield, drivers are “more understanding once we explain to them why we’re doing what we’re doing.”
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