Not sure how many people have heard about Scott’s Law, but it is now effective in Colorado, California, Illinois, and is being actively pursued to be a law in several other states. Scott’s Law, also referred to as the "Move Over Law", has high violation fines and possible 1 month or more driver license suspension. Motorist who do not know about this law, who are pulled over and plead ignorance of this law are still given a ticket and a fine.

In my opinion, the concept of this law is great, because I think people should move over for emergency vehicles that have their lights on, or if people are walking around on the side of the road such as cops, firefighters, rescue workers, etc. Several times I have seen people gawking at accidents and unconsciously start to steer their cars towards the direction they are looking at, which can result in serious accidents. I can say, without a doubt, that several emergency workers have been injured or killed by motorist who did move over for emergency vehicles. (more…)