| nanakess
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I didn't know this either but snopes .com says it is true.
This is just a warning about something that happened to a woman, She Was driving on I-88 in the right lane.
She was not speeding. There was a Illinois Police car sitting in the right shoulder with the lights on.
The officer Was sitting in the car.
There was no one pulled over.
She continued in the right lane and passed him.
She was immediately pulled over by the cop and cited for Violating Scott's law which I found is a law that requires you to move over (if Possible) to the left lane if an emergency vehicle is on the side of the road.
She pleaded ignorance of the law but was given a ticket and was assigned a Mandatory court date for which she appeared.
She spoke to the judge and he Asked Her if she wanted a trial.
She said that she could not testify that she did Not Commit the violation but that she was unaware of the law. She pleaded guilty and was fined $100.00.
She thought that was it.
Two weeks later she received a notice from the Secretary of State that her license has been suspended for 3 months because of this Violation.
She spoke to the Secretary of State office as no one ever mentioned that
She would lose her license.
As expected, they did not care and if she wanted a Hearing on the matter or a hearing to ask for a license to drive to work, she Could expect a hearing date in about 3 months.
Just wanted to warn everyone about this.
I was not aware of this law although I Usually move over anyway.
Apparently, in 2007, the state police issued a Record Number of tickets for this offense. I thought you might find the following article from snopes.com interesting:
snopes.com: Move Over Laws |
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Tue May 27, 2008 1:00 am |
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| RedRox
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| I know this is a law in Colorado as well. It is rarely used or prosecuted and it seems strange that one would lose their license on a first offense without other extenuating circumstances. Also I would think there would have to be another vehicle there for it to be valid. If the officer was just there with no other vehicles there, there are no safety issues because he/she has no reason to get out of the car. Regardless, it's a good idea and is in fact the law, at least here as well. |
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Tue May 27, 2008 6:40 pm |
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| ladybugnessa
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I had never heard of this so I googled.
I found Scott's Law then googled MOVE OVER LAW and found it.
I don't know about it becaues it's not a law in my state.
Now I know about it.
thanks for the PSA! |
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Tue May 27, 2008 6:44 pm |
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