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Posted: 2:05 PM Mar 20, 2008
Virginia Pushing "Move Over" Law
Virginia is boosting its "Move Over" law with new signs reminding drivers that they are required by state law to slow down and move over when they see police or rescue vehicles ahead.
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March 20, 2008
(AP) Virginia is boosting its "Move Over" law with new signs reminding drivers that they are required by state law to slow down and move over when they see police or rescue vehicles ahead.
A state trooper who was seriously injured when he was struck during a traffic stop joined fellow law enforcement officials from across the state in Bristol on Wednesday to unveil three new "Move Over" signs.
Trooper Kristopher Chapman was critically injured February 2ND after he was struck by a driver in Smyth County. The signs will be posted along Interstates 81 and 77 where traffic enters Virginia from Tennessee, North Carolina and West Virginia.
Virginia's Move Over law has been on the books for six years. Violators face a $2,500 fine and up to a year in jail.
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I think that the signs need to placed around Charlottesville area as well as the listed. Unfortuately, I had a friend get a ticket and had to go to court about this law. She did not understand nor have knowledge of this law. Instead of receiving understanding words, that Richmond judge spoke very harshly as if she did the action on definace. How are we drivers to know the update laws if there are not signs or education materials given out to warn drivers.
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