Slow Down Move Over

• Slow down, move over: The law for roadside workers many drivers don’t seem to know

  Drivers are being reminded to slow down and move over, to ensure all roadside workers make it home safe. This comes on the heels of a N.S. tow truck driver being crashed into.

  Canada

  May 13, 2024
  
• Tow truck driver after near-death experience on N.S. highway: ‘We fear for our lives’

  A tow truck operator says he's lucky to be alive after he was almost struck by a car this week while responding a crash along a busy Nova Scotia highway.

  Canada

  May 11, 2024
  
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• Alberta fire chiefs ask province why ‘slow down, move over’ road rules were changed

  Fire chiefs across Alberta are disappointed with the changes made to roadside safety rules and want to see the data that led the government to alter the original Bill 5.

  Politics

  Aug 10, 2023
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• Slow down, move over: Manitobans reminded to keep roadside workers safe

  Many motorists still haven't learned to slow down and move over when they see tow trucks or emergency vehicles on the side of the road, despite laws on the books for over a decade.

  Traffic

  May 9, 2023
• Over 200 Okanagan drivers receive warnings during education blitz

  Police and BCAA were out on Highway 97 in Kelowna, B.C. with a tow truck on Monday morning to test drivers' knowledge of the province's slow-down, move-over law.

  Traffic

  Apr 24, 2023
• Calgary drivers reminded to ‘slow down, move over’ for emergency responders

  Emergency responders will be parked on both sides of Deerfoot Trail Thursday evening to remind drivers to slow down and move over when emergency lights are on.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2023
• Alberta Transportation delays new rules on slowing to 60 km/h around roadside vehicles

  Alberta Transportation has put the brakes on changes that were set to begin March 1, that would have seen more lanes of traffic slow to 60 km/h when passing emergency vehicles.

  Traffic

  Mar 1, 2023
• OPP in London-Middlesex lay more than 280 charges during ‘move over’ campaign

  West region OPP ran a 'move over' campaign Feb. 13-16 to enforce and educate drivers on what to do when approaching emergency vehicles with lights flashing on the side of the road.

  Crime

  Feb 22, 2023
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• Kelowna RCMP, BCAA remind drivers to ‘slow down and move over’

  Kelowna RCMP handed out more than 100 warnings to drivers on Tuesday who failed to slow down and move over when passing vehicles with flashing lights.

  Canada

  Oct 18, 2022
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• Manitoba first responders ask motorists to slow down, move over

  'It still amazes me how many people do not slow down or stop when passing emergency vehicles.'

  Canada

  Mar 24, 2022