Walk It Through: The Flashers On The Shoulder
A siren behind, a trooper stopped ahead, the move over rule, and a crash that makes it worse.
An ambulance with lights and siren comes up fast behind a car on a city street.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One commute past two emergency vehicles. A tow truck or road crew with amber lights, a two-lane highway's slowdown, a funeral procession and a crash investigation are not worked through here.
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.
- Class 1 misdemeanorThe more serious of the two misdemeanor classes, with a maximum of one year in a county jail or a $2,000 fine, or both.
- Class 2 misdemeanorThe lesser misdemeanor class, with a maximum of thirty days in a county jail or a $500 fine, or both.
- Move overThe rule for passing a stopped emergency vehicle showing red lights: move to the farthest lane, or on a two-lane road slow well below the limit, at least three hundred feet before it.