# 'Move Over Law' has new requirements **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 27, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512 "2020-09-27T19:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robert-Gift](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/robert-gift/32/356_2.png) [@Robert-Gift](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Robert-Gift)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/1 "2020-09-27T19:22:27Z")
> **[Colorado’s ‘Move Over Law’ now has new requirements for drivers](https://kdvr.com/news/colorados-move-over-law-now-has-new-requirements-for-drivers/)** > > LITTLETON, Colo. (KDVR) — Colorado drivers now have new requirements under the state’s “Move Over Law”, designed to keep emergency workers safe.  Previously, the law said dr… ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/2 "2020-09-27T19:28:35Z")
Sounds OK to me. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/3 "2020-09-27T19:59:37Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > Sounds OK to me. +1 It seems entirely reasonable to me. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/4 "2020-09-27T20:06:44Z")
Agree we have the same law here in Georgia. Also I think it should be nationwide. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/5 "2020-09-27T20:19:26Z")
> [@Renegade](#): > > I think it should be nationwide. Yes, but–unfortunately–we will still have lots of self-important and/or impatient and/or ignorant people who will continue to blast past disabled cars and emergency vehicles without even moving over. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/7 "2020-09-27T20:29:58Z")
"VDCdriver, Yes, but–unfortunately–we will still have lots of self-important and/or impatient and/or ignorant people who will continue to blast past disabled cars and emergency vehicles without even moving over. All too true I don’t know what the answer is but a move over law is a start. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/8 "2020-09-27T20:55:18Z")
We have something similar in Missouri. I have no clue why someone wouldn’t do it beyond lacking common sense. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/9 "2020-09-27T21:20:32Z")
Same law as Florida. The net effect is traffic gets packed up and right lane traffic moves left without looking. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/10 "2020-09-27T21:23:18Z")
> [@davepsinbox\_157004](#): > > I have no clue why someone wouldn’t do it beyond lacking common sense. On a daily basis, we see displays of people who lack common sense. Then, when you throw the self-important folks into the mix, along with those who don’t even have a clue regarding MV regulations, we wind-up with lots of people who violate these statutes on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/11 "2020-09-27T21:25:50Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > right lane traffic moves left without looking. Many years ago, I was driving my car with a passenger who hadn’t regularly driven for many years. When he saw me turn my head before each lane change, his comment was, “Why do you need to do that? You have mirrors.” 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/12 "2020-09-27T22:24:43Z")
Our cars have the indicators for lane change danger, but I still look over my shoulder. Not that hard. ---
**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/13 "2020-09-28T01:38:51Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > On a daily basis, we see displays of people who lack common sense. Then, when you throw the self-important folks into the mix, along with those who don’t even have a clue regarding MV regulations, we wind-up with lots of people who violate these statutes on a regular basis. IMHO, willful ignorance or placing personal gain above the common good doesn’t exactly qualify as an expression of “common sense.” YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/14 "2020-09-28T02:06:44Z")
Common sense is not very common. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/15 "2020-09-28T15:40:16Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Many years ago, I was driving my car with a passenger who hadn’t regularly driven for many years. When he saw me turn my head before each lane change, his comment was, “Why do you need to do that? You have mirrors.” If you adjust your mirrors correctly, you don’t need to turn your head to look over your shoulders. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/16 "2020-09-28T15:48:28Z")
> [@keith](#): > > If you adjust your mirrors correctly, you don’t need to turn your head to look over your shoulders. Trust me, they are adjusted correctly. I have always turned my head to check traffic before changing lanes, and I have no intention of ceasing that action. There is nothing wrong with exercising extra caution. ---
**Author:** ![wentwest](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wentwest/32/6073_2.png) [@wentwest](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wentwest)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/17 "2020-09-28T15:49:04Z")
Years ago when we moved to California I noticed that Highway Patrol officers would go around to the passenger side of a car to talk with a driver, something I never saw in Connecticut, where they walked up to the driver’s side of the car. CHP was trying to avoid getting hit, and it made a lot of sense. Leaning over to see the driver is uncomfortable, but getting picked off and killed is worse. Do officers do this routinely now around the US? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/18 "2020-09-28T15:53:23Z")
> [@wentwest](#): > > Do officers do this routinely now around the US Yes, they do. It also allows them more clear view of the driver’s hands and the reach into the glovebox or center console for papers… or weapons… or drug stash. Also easier to drop below the protective line of the door in the event of gunfire. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/19 "2020-09-28T16:07:19Z")
The only place I have seen that done was in Florida but do agree it is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/20 "2020-09-28T19:46:10Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > Trust me, they are adjusted correctly. I have always turned my head to check traffic before changing lanes, and I have no intention of ceasing that action. There is nothing wrong with exercising extra caution. Some of us cannot turn our heads. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512/21 "2020-09-28T20:03:57Z")
> [@keith](#): > > Some of us cannot turn our heads. Granted, and understood! Many years ago, before I went to a Chiropractor for some “adjustments”, I had some really severe neck problems that prevented me from turning my head more than a very small amount. During that period, I felt distinctly unsafe while driving. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/move-over-law-has-new-requirements/170512.md?page=2)