Former Representative Tommy Merlin’s Roadside Protection Act has come into force, after failing to be reviewed by Former Governor Quinn Marino within seven days.
The law, which aims to protect emergency responders and other roadside workers, now requires drivers to reduce speed and/or move over a lane, when passing emergency vehicles with their lights and/or sirens.
A spokesperson for the State Police said.
This bill was made with the purpose of creating a safe working environment for emergency or roadside services that are actively working in or around the roadways of San Andreas.
This bill has added a new infraction to the San Andreas Traffic Code: Failure to Move Over, which carries a $750 fine. We encourage all to read up on this bill to be informed and stay up to date with the laws and regulations of San Andreas.
The new law is:
- Failing to move over one lane past emergency vehicles with lights and/or sirens activated; or in a single-lane roadway, or failing to reduce speed limit to 10 (Miles per hour) less than the posted speed limit when a lane change is not possible.
- In the event of a full lane/road closure, this does not permit drivers to pass emergency vehicles or violate any other traffic code to illegally move around a full lane/road closure.”
The new law came into effect on Sunday, when the former governor failed to review the law in time, as outlined in the state constitution.
The rule doesn’t not allow users to break other laws in order to move out of the way. Including crossing double marked lines or entering the opposite lane of traffic on a highway.
The bill passed 5 – 0 with all representatives in favor. It is the last bill to be made into a law by the out going 10th Congress.
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