Move over traffic laws

[Gunner]

Originally Posted by Bill Bess

Violations in California are very expensive and add points to your driving record.

This is this week's panicky pass-it-on mail, I guess - this is the third time it's been brought up or sent to me. Yes, the law is real (and has been for three years in California). What's new is that Caltrans crews displaying a flashing amber light are now included in the coverage; before it was only red and blue emergency vehicles. It's a damned good idea, as anyone who has ever worked roadside for any reason knows. The new law also cancelled a sunset provision that would have taken the law off the books on January 1.

The BS is that it's a horrendous fine and points - the story circulating is someone's son who got a $750 fine and three points for driving past two cop cars without making an attempt to change lanes. All BS; the law REQUIRES you to slow down - at least show you are paying close attention - and to move over a lane if you can safely do so. The fine is... $50. No points.

Fa chrissakes, three points is what you get for an accident involving serious injury or death!

Here, read it yourself from a reliable source: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/ne...rel/09pr23.htm

I suspect that if the "Sonny" story is true, he passed those cops at one hell of a rate of speed and the move-over cite was the least of his problems.