ALBANY- The state’s Move Over Law, which requires motorists to provide space to a disabled or emergency vehicle stopped along the side of the highway has been expanded to include all vehicles beginning earlier this week.
Now, the Move over law includes all vehicles stopped on either side of the road. In the new expansion, it will be required that all drivers will have to move over and take precautions, which include slowing down, to avoid a crash with any vehicles stopped on the side of the road.
“From 2016 to 2020, 37 individuals were killed outside disabled vehicles in New York,” said Governor Kathy Hochul. “Nationally, nearly 300 drivers are struck and killed roadside every year. The Move Over Law was enacted to prevent those tragedies and make New York’s roadways safer for all.”
