The 'Steer Clear' law requires drivers to move over or slow down when they encounter an emergency scene, traffic stop or disabled vehicle. This law will help prevent injuries and save lives, but only if drivers follow the law and use common sense.
The law simply takes what should be common sense and makes it a requirement for safe driving in Pennsylvania. Police officers, emergency crews and those working to assist stranded motorists must be given a wider margin for safety.
If drivers cannot move over because of traffic or other conditions, they must reduce their speed.
The law applies any time an emergency vehicle has its lights flashing and where road crews or emergency personnel have lighted flares, posted signs or tried to warn motorists. Failure to move over or slow down can result in a summary offense that carries a fine of up to $250. If that violation leads to a worker being injured, a 90-day license suspension could result.
Unfortunately, Saturday morning a New York State trooper was accidentally killed on I-290 during a traffic stop. Trooper Kevin P. Dobson Dobson was issuing a traffic summons when he was struck and killed by a passing motorist along the 290 east just past the Colvin Blvd exit.
Please, remember to move over and steer clear! You can help keep our civil servants safe.
2 comments:
okay, here's my question. is this applicable if (this happened to me the other day) - you are on a 4-lane road w/ center turning lanes and the emergency vehicle is going on the farthest lane from you, going the opposite way and there is no one in their lanes so it isn't like you have to move over so they can cross traffic? i just don't get it when people slow down when that happens. it doesn't seem necessary. but i understand if they are going your direction or you need to literally stop/move over to let them pass, regardless of direction.
i agree. i want to know too! or even when you have 1 lane each way, . and you are going opposite the emergency vehicle and there is no one in their way . . do you still need to move over?
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