Today is National Move Over Day. Please help keep our brothers and sisters safe by moving over and slowing down whenever you come upon first responders, tow trucks, CDOT workers, and other service vehicles.
In addition to far too many lives needlessly lost, the consequences for failure to obey Colorado's Move Over law for stopped 1) law enforcement vehicles; 2) CDOT and other maintenance vehicles; 3) tow trucks; and 4) other first responders includes fines up to $5000 and 18 months in jail.
U.S. Department of Transportation: Move Over. It's the Law.
www.transportation.gov/connections/move-over-its-law
"More than 150 law enforcement officers have been killed since 1997 after being struck by vehicles along America's highways. In fact, traffic-related incidents, including vehicle crashes, are one of the leading causes of death for law enforcement officers. In 2017, 47 officers lost their lives in traffic-related incidents, with nine officers struck and killed outside their vehicles. Already in 2019, responder fatalities include 7 law enforcement officers. From 2007 to 2017, 39 percent of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty were lost in traffic-related incidents. Many have been seriously injured. This is a tragedy and completely preventable."
