Until you have tried to slow traffic down on an Expressway (27 years in the fire service, 20 years as Fire Police, 7 years as Captain) any and all speed enforcement and enforcement of move over laws is critical. Every minute I spent on calls was volunteer. I came very close to injury from idiot drivers more than you would believe.
I’m afraid I don’t see your point.
Where is what I posted not true? How is this not another $$ shakedown by PennDOT?
“move over laws is critical.”
Agreed.
Drove from the top to bottom of I-81 in Virginia in November and all drivers did just that when I got to southern VA.
Don’t see this in The Peoples Republic of Maryland.
p.s. Thank you for your service. Much!
I am also volunteer fire police. It is not a fun job with the crazy drivers out there and it has gotten much worse with the phones and gadgets in the new cars. Sometimes it is just plain old scary.
Agreed, standing around anywhere near traffic is very dangerous. I’ve worked as a safety official for road races with cars going triple digit speeds a few feet away. I believe regular traffic is more dangerous. Professional drivers focused on driving are less of a threat than distracted drivers.
“Move-over”?
Like in MD - for the special people only (NOT regular broken-down drivers who are still allowed to be hit, apparently)?
BTW, it’s unenforceable.
I WON a ticket infraction on this new law in MD (I had no idea about it, and it had been in force for 6 mos), because reading the law, and seeing what the policeman did before I passed him, it didn’t hold. (He got to speak first and luckily, he used language that only proved my point that he had even already started moving and turned off his lights - I think so early in the game, officers weren’t clear on what a violation was.)
How can an officer tell or intercept someone who actually violates this law when they are occupied?
They can’t - unless they start making 2 cars stop for every violation, etc. Just like the policeman at construction sites - more waste of money/resources.