04/22/2021
Not just common sense but it’s also the law. When you approach any color emergency lighting be it amber, red, or blue move over those lights are there because someone is working in close proximity to the roadway. Those people have Wives, Kids,Fathers, Mothers, Brothers, and Sisters they want to get home to. Who knows maybe one day those lights could be protecting you on the side of the roadway.
265:37-a
Motorist Duties When Approaching Highway Emergencies. –
I. When in or approaching an incident involving a fire, collision, disaster, utility construction or maintenance, or other emergency resulting in partial or complete blockage of a highway, or a location where a police officer has made a traffic stop, every driver other than the driver of an emergency response vehicle, shall:
(a) Maintain a reduced speed.
(b) Obey the directions of any authorized person directing traffic and of all applicable emergency signals and traffic control devices.
(c) Vacate as soon as possible any lane wholly or partially blocked.
(d) Give a wide berth, without endangering oncoming traffic, to public safety personnel, any persons in the roadway, and vehicles displaying blue, red, or amber emergency or warning lights.
II. Any person violating this section shall be fined $75 plus penalty assessment for a first offense and $250 plus penalty assessment for a subsequent offense in a 12-month period
