wsdot | WSDOT Highway Safety Press Event June 30, 2021 @wsdot | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Ahead of the busy Independence Day travel holiday, leaders from the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Washington State Patrol and the Tow Recovery Association are asking drivers to do their part when they hit the road this summer by staying alert and not driving distracted or impaired. This comes on the heels of several recent collisions involving highway workers being severely hurt and even killed while on duty serving the public. These tragic incidents could have been prevented.
Move Over, Slow Down law
Washington state law of Move Over RCW 46.61.212 app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.61.212.
While many work zones are scheduled ahead of time and have pre-planned traffic control in place, we also have emergency work that requires crews to be on highway shoulders or lanes next to active traffic. State law requires motorists to move over one lane if possible whenever passing emergency crews on highway shoulders. If moving over isn’t possible, then drivers must slow to 10 mph below the posted speed limit.
The Move Over, Slow Down law applies to more than just law enforcement or fire trucks, it also includes our Incident Response Trucks as well as highway maintenance vehicles, tow trucks and solid waste trucks and utility trucks – as long as they’re displaying flashing lights.
So, the next time you’re out on the road and you see the flashing lights of a patrol car or one of our own IRT trucks, take a moment to move over or slow down. You might just save a life; it could even be your own.
wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/rise-in-work-zone-crashes-concern-for.html
Speakers:
Secretary of Transportation Roger Millar, WSDOT
Assistant Chief James Mjor, Washington State Patrol
Mark Riker, Washington State Building and Construction Trades Council
Matthew Porter, President of the Towing and Recovery Association
Emily Wade, Director of the Towing and Recovery Association
Josh Stuckey, WSDOT Incident Response
Ahead of the busy Independence Day travel holiday, leaders from the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Washington State Patrol and the Tow Recovery Association are asking drivers to do their part when they hit the road this summer by staying alert and not driving distracted or impaired. This comes on the heels of several recent collisions involving highway workers being severely hurt and even killed while on duty serving the public. These tragic incidents could have been prevented.
Move Over, Slow Down law
Washington state law of Move Over RCW 46.61.212 app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=46.61.212.
While many work zones are scheduled ahead of time and have pre-planned traffic control in place, we also have emergency work that requires crews to be on highway shoulders or lanes next to active traffic. State law requires motorists to move over one lane if possible whenever passing emergency crews on highway shoulders. If moving over isn’t possible, then drivers must slow to 10 mph below the posted speed limit.
The Move Over, Slow Down law applies to more than just law enforcement or fire trucks, it also includes our Incident Response Trucks as well as highway maintenance vehicles, tow trucks and solid waste trucks and utility trucks – as long as they’re displaying flashing lights.
So, the next time you’re out on the road and you see the flashing lights of a patrol car or one of our own IRT trucks, take a moment to move over or slow down. You might just save a life; it could even be your own.
wsdotblog.blogspot.com/2021/06/rise-in-work-zone-crashes-concern-for.html
Speakers:
Secretary of Transportation Roger Millar, WSDOT
Assistant Chief James Mjor, Washington State Patrol
Mark Riker, Washington State Building and Construction Trades Council
Matthew Porter, President of the Towing and Recovery Association
Emily Wade, Director of the Towing and Recovery Association
Josh Stuckey, WSDOT Incident Response
