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onestopthriftshop
07-02-2010, 10:15 AM
I found this on the COJ.NET EMAILS . Thought everyone should know about this.


New Traffic Law 2010 - Ticket cost $754.00

GOOD THING TO KNOW: New Law: If a patrol car is pulled over to the side of the road, you have to change to the next lane (away from the stopped vehicle) or slow down by 20 mph. Every state except Hawaii , Maryland and D.C. has this law. In California , the "Move-over" law became operative on January 1, 2010.

A friend's son got a ticket for this recently. A police car (turned out)it was 2 police cars) was on the side of the road giving a ticket to someone else. He slowed down to pass but did not move into the other lane. The second police car immediately pulled him over and gave him a ticket. He had never heard of the law. It is a fairly new law that states if any emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, if you are able, you are to move into the far lane.

The cost of the ticket was $754, with 3 points on your license and a mandatory court appearance. Please let everyone you know that drives about this new law. It is true, see details at the following web address:

http://www.moveoveramerica.com/

CS Foltz
07-03-2010, 08:43 AM
Thanks for the heads up One stop!

jbm32206
07-03-2010, 08:54 AM
I had heard of the move over law...and thought that it was already on the books, and am glad that it is now. This helps to prevent the officer(s) from being struck while conducting their job, on the side of the road.

Charles Hunter
07-03-2010, 11:08 AM
The Move Over Law has been on the books in Florida since 2002, and according to this traffic school site, the fine is $120. (http://www.aatrafficsafety.com/florida-traffic-laws/move-over-law) I tried to find the fine in the Florida Statutes, but got lost. Here is the Move Over section (http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0316/Sec126.HTM) subsection (1)(b). It does cost 3 points against your license.

If the amount in the original case is true, they must have been in another state with higher fines, or were doing other things wrong (or both).