I was never aware of this until this was sent to me, thought I'd share in case anyone else has never heard of it either:
In California, the "Move-over" law became effective on January 1, 2010.
http://www.moveoveramerica.com/
The cost of the ticket is $754, with 3 points on your license and a mandatory court appearance
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I wanted to let my friends know about the CA move over law...
My son got a ticket on Pleasant Hill coming back from Wal-Mart.
A police car (turned out it was 2 police cars) was on the side of the road giving a ticket to someone else.
My son slowed down to pass but did not moveinto the other lane.
The second police car immediately pulled him over and gave him a ticket.
My son and I had never heard of the law. It is a fairly new law that states if any emergency vehicle is on the side of the road, if you are able, you are to move into the far lane.
The cost of the ticket was $754, with 3 points on your license and a mandatory court appearance.
Please let everyone you know that drives about this new law.
It is true (see details at the web address above).
It states that except for two states, all the other US states and Canada enacted a similar law.
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