Slow vehicles, ice cream trucks, horses and the Move Over Law
A 3-minute lesson from the Connecticut course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Some road users move slowly or stop in odd places: tractors, buses, ice cream trucks, riders on horseback, and vehicles pulled over on the shoulder. Connecticut has specific rules for each — and a sight-distance test to tell if you're going too fast.
Move Over Law — when any vehicle is pulled over on any part of a road, you must:
You may pass slow-moving traffic, pedestrians, parked or standing vehicles, animals, bicycles, mopeds and scooters in a no-passing zone, even crossing a double yellow line, if you can see far enough ahead to pass safely.
Pick a fixed object as far ahead as you can see and count four seconds. If you reach it before 'four-one-thousand', you're driving too fast for your sight distance.
Horseback riders must ride single file near the right curb or road edge, or on a usable right shoulder, lane or path. When approaching a horse, reduce speed (or stop) to avoid striking, endangering or frightening it, and keep a reasonable speed and distance.
An ice cream truck is parked on your side of a residential street, lights flashing, stop arm out. Stop at least 10 feet behind it, then creep past at no more than 5 mph, ready to stop for a child running to or from the truck.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Farm tractors and other slow-moving vehicles are usually marked with what kind of decal?
A red reflective octagon
An orange triangle
A yellow diamond warning sign
A red circular sticker
Answer: An orange triangle
Slow-moving vehicles such as farm tractors should have a slow-moving decal, an orange triangle, on the back.