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Dear FReeper friends... I just got this e-mail and wanted to make sure if you are aware of the existence of this new nationwide traffic law ... Most importantly --- IS IT TRUE? Thanks ______________________________________________________________________________________ New Traffic Law 2010 - Ticket cost $754.00 GOOD THING TO KNOW: New Law: If a patrol car is pulled over to the side of the road, you have to change to the next lane (away from the stopped vehicle) or slow down by 20 mph. Every state except Hawaii , Maryland and D.C. has this law. In California , the "Move-over" law became operative...

This came in my email today.... but, the law has been in effect in CA since January 1 - with NO coverage by media that I have seen or heard! Here are the facts... If a patrol car is pulled over to the side of the road, you have to change to the next lane (away from the stopped vehicle) or slow down by 20 mph. (Advise that you do both, if possible.) Every state except Hawaii and Maryland and the D.C. has this law. In California, the "Move-over" law became operative on January 1, 2010. My email said: "A...

Mexican truck drivers allowed to travel throughout the U.S. under a Bush administration demonstration project may not be proficient in English, despite Department of Transportation assurances to the contrary. A brochure on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's website instructs Mexican truck drivers, "Did you know … You MUST be able to read and speak English to drive trucks in the United States." Still, at the Senate Commerce Committee oversight hearing Tuesday, Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters and DOT Inspector General Calvin L. Scovel III reluctantly admitted under intense questioning from Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., that Mexican drivers were being...

There will be a meeting tonight to get a coalition of gov't officials and residents to support a Primary Enforcement Seatbelt law in Colorado. The meeting is at 7:00 pm tonight at the Greeley Police Station at 919 Seventh Street. The legislation to enhance the Colorado's seatbelt law is being sponsored by two demoRATS - Jim Reisberg (D-Greeley) and Fran Coleman (D-Denver).