A 3-minute lesson from the Nebraska course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Crews and officers working beside the highway have almost no protection. Nebraska's Move Over Law gives them an empty lane whenever you can safely provide one.
Know the rule
On a multi-lane controlled-access highway, when you approach a stopped emergency, road assistance, utility maintenance, highway maintenance, or solid waste or recycling vehicle with flashing lights, move into a lane at least one lane away from it.
Includes Department of Transportation vehicles, Nebraska State Patrol motorist assistance vehicles, U.S. DOT-registered towing or roadside assistance vehicles, and utility company service vehicles.
Quick clearance: after a minor crash on an interstate or freeway with no injuries and drivable vehicles, drive to the nearest shoulder, out of the travel lanes.
On I-80 you see a garbage truck stopped on the shoulder with its lights flashing. Check your mirrors and blind spot, signal, and move one lane left. If that lane is full, slow down and pass at a safe speed.
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.
Nebraska's Move Over Law requires drivers on a multi-lane controlled-access highway to move over a lane for a stopped vehicle with flashing lights, which includes:
A tow truck
Only law enforcement vehicles
Only ambulances and fire trucks
Only vehicles owned by the state
Answer: A tow truck
The Move Over Law covers tow, utility, highway maintenance, and law enforcement vehicles.