Which statement best summarizes the Move Over Law?

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Which statement best summarizes the Move Over Law?

The Move Over Law asks you to give space to stopped emergency, tow, and highway maintenance vehicles with flashing lights by changing into a different lane away from them if it’s safe to do so, or by slowing to a safe speed if changing lanes isn’t possible. This protects workers and responders and reduces the chance of a collision as you pass by a roadside stopped vehicle. In practice, you should look for a safe gap, signal, and move over when you can. If traffic or road conditions make changing lanes unsafe, slow down to a safe speed and proceed with caution while giving the stopped vehicle as much room as possible. Ignoring the lights or stopping in the roadway would put people in danger and is illegal, and simply staying in your lane and maintaining speed offers no protection to those stopped on the shoulder.

The Move Over Law asks you to give space to stopped emergency, tow, and highway maintenance vehicles with flashing lights by changing into a different lane away from them if it’s safe to do so, or by slowing to a safe speed if changing lanes isn’t possible. This protects workers and responders and reduces the chance of a collision as you pass by a roadside stopped vehicle.

In practice, you should look for a safe gap, signal, and move over when you can. If traffic or road conditions make changing lanes unsafe, slow down to a safe speed and proceed with caution while giving the stopped vehicle as much room as possible. Ignoring the lights or stopping in the roadway would put people in danger and is illegal, and simply staying in your lane and maintaining speed offers no protection to those stopped on the shoulder.

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