In 2001, North Dakota enacted the “Move Over Law” to help keep emergency responders and their vehicles safe. Now the law has expanded to all vehicles.
The Highway Patrol assisted more than 5,600 drivers stuck on the side of the road last year.
The updated law now requires drivers on the interstate or any multi-lane highway outside city limits to move over for any stopped motor vehicle displaying flashing hazard lights.
Citing the safety concern for all motorists, Sergeant of the North Dakota Highway Patrol Jenna Clawson Huibregtse believes updating the law was an easy decision.
“Every year we’re looking at more ways to make North Dakota’s roadways safer, and in our effort to bring fatalities to zero, this was kind of a no-brainer. We see vehicles hit all the time on the side of the road,” said Huibregtse.