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Indiana Traffic Law Changes Go Into Effect: Move It & Move Over Laws

Attention Indiana drivers: there are a few more rules of the road to follow – and they have officially gone into effect as of August 1. Be sure you understand the new laws and follow them on our roads, highways, and interstates.

The first new traffic law involves the 1999 “Move Over” law, which states that vehicles traveling on multiple-lane highways should move over into a far lane when passing a vehicle on the shoulder of the road, such as a police cruiser, emergency vehicle, tow truck, disabled vehicle, or abandoned vehicle.

Originally, the “Move Over” law stated that motorists should slow down when passing a vehicle parked on the shoulder if they were not able to move into a far lane. One new change to the law requires that drivers slow down at least 10 miles per hour when passing vehicles on the shoulder if they are unable to move into a far lane. Another new change to the “Move Over” law expands the types of vehicles that motorists should move over for, adding recovery vehicles, road maintenance vehicles, and utility vehicles. Lawmakers hope that this new change to the law will further reduce the number of shoulder accidents on Indiana highways and interstates.

Indiana lawmakers also added a new law, called the “Move It” law. This law states that motorists involved in a traffic accident that does not involve injury, fatality, entrapment, or the hazardous materials have a responsibility to move their damaged vehicles out of travel lanes and out of the way of oncoming traffic.

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