National Move Over Day is a day for law enforcement officers, emergency responders and road maintenance workers to remind the public that they are a husband, wife, father, mother, friend, brother or sister of someone who wants to go home after their shift.
To help safeguard law enforcement officers, emergency responders, road maintenance workers, and others who work on the side of highways, Wisconsin has a “Move Over Law” (Wis. Stat. s. 346.072).
Drivers violating this statute are subject to a fine of $263.50 and 3 demerit points on their driver’s license.
Essentially, the law states that drivers must provide a safety zone for stopped law enforcement, emergency, and maintenance vehicles.
The law requires drivers to shift lanes or slow-down in order to provide a “safety zone” for a squad car, ambulance, fire truck, tow truck, utility vehicle, or highway maintenance vehicle that is stopped on the side of a road with its warning lights flashing.
