10/17/2025
This Saturday, Oct. 18, is National Move Over Day. Every state, including Pennsylvania, has laws in place requiring motorists to move over and slow down for emergency or disabled vehicles.
Drivers must move over or slow down for all responders, including police, fire, and ambulance crews, as well as stopped tow trucks and maintenance vehicles. Additionally, a similar regulation requires motorists to move over or slow down when approaching a stationary trash or recycling truck.
If drivers approaching an emergency response area are unable to safely merge into a lane farther away from the scene, the law requires drivers to pass the area at a speed of at least 20 miles per hour under the posted speed limit.
An emergency response area is where an emergency vehicle has its lights flashing, or where road crews or emergency responders use lighted flares, signs or other methods to try to warn travelers.
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