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Difficulty: MediumEmergency Vehicles, School Buses, and Work Zones

You are driving on a two-lane highway with one lane of traffic in each direction. Ahead on the right shoulder, a police vehicle is stopped with its emergency lights flashing. Oncoming traffic prevents you from safely steering into the opposite lane to give space. Under state Move Over laws, what action are you legally required to take?

  1. Slow down to a speed significantly below the posted limit and proceed past the emergency vehicle with caution.Answer
  2. B
    Maintain your current speed at the posted limit while activating your hazard lights to warn drivers behind you.
  3. C
    Come to a complete stop in your travel lane until the police officer signals for you to proceed.
  4. D
    Accelerate past the emergency vehicle as quickly as possible to minimize time spent next to the shoulder.

Answer

Slow down to a speed significantly below the posted limit and proceed past the emergency vehicle with caution.
Under state Move Over laws, if a driver on a two-lane road cannot safely change lanes due to oncoming traffic, the driver must reduce speed significantly below the posted limit and pass the stationary emergency vehicle with caution.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the roadside hazard (stationary emergency vehicle displaying active flashing lights).
Recognize that Move Over law protections are activated for roadside personnel.
Move Over laws apply to stopped emergency and maintenance vehicles displaying warning lights on the shoulder.
2
Evaluate whether a lane change into an adjacent lane can be executed safely.
Determine that continuous oncoming traffic on a two-lane road prevents changing lanes.
Drivers should only change lanes if it can be done safely without entering oncoming traffic streams.
3
Apply the secondary compliance option mandated by Move Over regulations for single-lane or high-density traffic situations.
Reduce vehicle speed substantially below the posted speed limit (typically 20 mph lower where specified by state law) and pass with caution.
Slowing down lowers kinetic energy, increases reaction time, and protects emergency responders on the roadside shoulder.

Key Concept

Move Over Law Compliance on Two-Lane Highways
Estimated Time:1m 0s
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Emergency Vehicles, School Buses, and Work Zones

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