On an Alabama highway, what must you do when approaching a stopped emergency, tow, utility, or highway-maintenance vehicle with activated warning lights?
Maintain speed and stay in your lane.
This is the behavior the Move Over Law prohibits.
Move over one lane if possible, or slow to a safe speed below the posted limit.
Stop completely until the vehicle leaves.
Stopping in a live travel lane creates a new hazard.
Sound your horn to warn the workers.
Unnecessary horn use is itself a violation.
Alabama's Move Over Law requires drivers on multi-lane highways to change lanes away from any emergency, tow, utility, garbage, or construction vehicle with flashing lights. If changing lanes is unsafe, drivers must slow to a prudent speed below the posted limit. Violations carry fines up to $500.
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