Don’t get caught staying in your lane, warns OPP

To The Haldimand Press

HALDIMAND—The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is concerned by the number of drivers who ignore Ontario’s Move Over Law and place police, other emergency personnel, and tow truck drivers at risk on the roadside. The OPP laid 1,891 charges last year against drivers who failed to slow down and move over, marking one of the highest number of annual OPP charges for this offence since the law was enacted in 2003. The findings had the OPP conducting targeted enforcement of Ontario’s Move Over Law during the Civic Day Long Weekend, as they ramped up their efforts to get drivers to comply with this important law.

“There have been close to 700 incidents in the past five years in which an OPP vehicle was struck by another vehicle while parked or stopped on the roadside. When our officers and emergency partners are assisting people on the roadside, please slow down and move over if safe to do so, and help them get home safely to their families,” said Thomas Carrique, Commissioner, OPP.