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Walk It Through: The Lights on the Shoulder

A tow truck working on the shoulder, a phone buzzing, a left lane at sixty-five, and a signal for the last hundred feet.

Ahead on the highway, a tow truck with flashing yellow lights is stopped on the right shoulder.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

Daytime highway driving with no stop. Speeding, a crash, and a stop that follows are left to other walkthroughs.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.