A 3-minute lesson from the Wyoming course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Big and slow vehicles behave differently from cars, and workers along the road need protection. Give trucks space, be patient behind farm equipment, and move over or slow down for any vehicle stopped with its lights flashing.
Know the rule
Trucks are not large cars. Most fatal crashes between a heavy vehicle and other vehicles are caused by the passenger vehicle, according to NHTSA statistics.
The Move Over Law (effective July 2018) applies when an emergency vehicle, or a municipal, public utility, highway construction or maintenance vehicle, has its lights or signals on.
In a construction zone, if a flag person tells you to stop, don't go until directed to. Drive slowly and watch for workers or equipment entering traffic.
Never pass a truck at high speed and cut back in front of it before a work zone. If the truck lacks room to brake, it can rear-end you in a serious or fatal crash.
On a two-lane highway posted 65 mph, a highway maintenance truck is stopped on the shoulder with its lights flashing. The Move Over Law requires you to slow to 45 mph, 20 below the posted limit, as you pass.
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.
Wyoming's Move Over Law applies to authorized municipal, public utility, or highway construction vehicles, not just emergency vehicles.
True
False
Answer: True
The Move Over Law applies to emergency vehicles as well as authorized municipal, public utility, or highway construction or maintenance vehicles.
On an interstate highway with two or more lanes, how must you respond to a stopped emergency vehicle under the Move Over Law?
Slow to 20 mph below the limit and stay in your lane
Stop completely until directed to proceed
Merge into the farthest lane, or one lane apart
Slow to half the posted speed limit only
Answer: Merge into the farthest lane, or one lane apart
On an interstate or highway with two or more lanes in the emergency vehicle's direction, merge into the lane farthest from it or at least one lane apart.
